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Relationships Between Conductivity and pH in Channels Exposed to Acid Mine Drainage Processes: Study of a Large Mass of Data Using Classical Statistics

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The lack of statistical interdependence relationships between pH and conductivity in channels exposed to Acid Mine Drainage processes is a phenomenon reported by various authors. Based on the study of a large mass of data with over 23,000 records of pH and conductivity taken in a typical mining channel in the Iberian Pyrite Belt in SW Spain, the present work confirms the existence of a quite different fact, which is the appearance of high negative correlation coefficients between both variables.

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    Jose Antonio Grande, Antonio Jiménez, José Borrego, María L. de la Torre & Tamara Gómez

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Grande, J.A., Jiménez, A., Borrego, J. et al. Relationships Between Conductivity and pH in Channels Exposed to Acid Mine Drainage Processes: Study of a Large Mass of Data Using Classical Statistics. Water Resour Manage 24, 4579–4587 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-010-9680-2

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