ICARD 2000
The Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD) was
held in Denver, Colorado, USA, on May 21-24, 2000. ICARD was an international
conference dedicated to the technological advancement of the science and
study of acidic drainage. The conference focus was on prediction, prevention,
control and long-term management of potentially acid-generating tailings,
waste rock, and mine walls. The major sponsor of the meeting was the Society
for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. In addition, the U.S. Geological
Survey's Toxic Substances Hydrology
Program and the Mineral Resources
Program were two of the conference's co-sponsors. Several papers presented
at the conference highlighted recent research on abandoned mine lands,
research conducted by the Toxics Program.
USGS scientists presented the following papers at the meeting
- Ball, J.W., Nordstrom, D.K., and Runkel, R.L., 2000,
Reactive and non-reactive transport modeling for Wightman Fork, Summitville
Mine, Colorado--Application of the OTIS/OTEQ model to a low-flow synoptic
study, in Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Acid
Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Littleton, Colorado,
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, v. 1 of 2, p. 125-134.
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Boyle, T.P., and Gustina, G.W., 2000,
A strategy for use of multivariate methods of analysis of benthic
macroinvertebrate communities to assess mine-related ecological stress,
in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage,
Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Littleton, Colorado, Society for
Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, p. 1425-1432.
- Kimball, B.A., Bencala, K.E., and Runkel, R.L., 2000,
Quantifying effects of metal loading from mine drainage, in Proceedings
from the Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver,
Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Littleton, Colorado, Society for Mining,
Metallurgy, and Exploration, p. 1381-1389.
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Smith, B.D., McCafferty, A.E., and McDougal, R.R., 2000,
Utilization of airborne magnetic, electromagnetic, and radiometric
data in abandoned mine land investigations, in Proceedings of the Fifth
International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May
21-24, 2000: Littleton, Colorado, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and
Exploration, p. 1525-1530.
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Smith, K.S., Walton-Day, K., and Ranville, J.F., 2000,
Evaluating
the effects of fluvial tailings deposits on water quality in the upper
Arkansas River basin, Colorado--observational scale considerations,
in Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference on Acid Rock
Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Littleton, Colorado, Society
for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, p. 1415-1424.
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Walton-Day, K., Healy, R.W., Maestas, F.B., and Ranalli, A.J., 2000,
Effects of remediation on geochemistry and hydrology of the unsaturated
zone of fluvial tailings deposits in the floodplain of the upper Arkansas
River, Colorado, in Proceedings from the Fifth International Conference
on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000: Littleton,
Colorado, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, p. 1443-1450.
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Walton-Day, K., Runkel, R.L., Kimball, B.A., and Bencala, K.E., 2000,
Application of the solute-transport models OTIS and OTEQ and implications
for remediation in a watershed affected by acid mine drainage, Cement
Creek, Animas River basin, Colorado, in Proceedings from the Fifth International
Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 21-24, 2000:
Littleton, Colorado, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration,
p. 389-399.
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