MDAG.com: Over a Decade of Providing Valuable Technical Information on Minesite-Drainage Chemistry and Environmental Geochemistry on the Internet
A 30-YEAR SCIENTIFIC ANNIVERSARY!
In 2008, Dr. Kevin Morin, a member of MDAG, celebrates 30 years
of in-field studies at proposed, operating, and closed minesites. Born in Pennsylvania (USA) where coal-mine drainages
are well known, Kevin conducted his initial research work at lignite (coal) strip minesites, contributing to a
journal
publication and culminating in an
M.Sc. thesis. This was followed by many other types of mining, like gold, uranium,
potash, and copper.
His ultimate goal, since the mid-1980's, was twofold:
After considerable pressure from Ms. Nora Hutt, another MDAG member, they agreed an important objective should be to distribute this non-confidential
information through publications, a book,
Internet case studies, and MDAG.com.
After hundreds of sites and three decades on the same quest, Kevin's overall observation is: "It is still very interesting and lots of fun! More young people should get involved." Kevin and Nora are slowly writing another book on Minesite Drainage Chemistry.
New Additions: More Internet case studies have been added recently. The latest case studies look at Unavailable Neutralization Potential from ABA Datasets (Case Study #30) and the leaching of nitrogen species (nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia) from an underground mine (Case Study #29). Also, Case Study #25 on silicate neutralization has been updated, and is now based on more than two years of kinetic testing. Copies of our published papers are available for download free-of-charge in PDF format for research purposes. Also, an Excel file listing more than 1800 papers and reports in the MDAG Library can be viewed.
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