IMWA - International Mine Water Association

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Why shall I remove the grid lines, the background and the frames in my figures in legends?

Grid lines shall be avoided in scientific publications because they usually can’t be printed in an acceptable quality. Especially the background usually gets too dark and your readers can’t interpret your graphs. For the same reason remove your frames around figures and legends and move your legends into the graph. Please don’t frame your graphs. In case you used frames remove them throughout your graphics.

 

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Mine Water is the water that collects in both surface and underground mines. It comes from the inflow of rain or surface water and from groundwater seepage. During the active life of the mine, water is pumped out to keep the mine dry and to allow access to the ore body. Pumped water may be used in the extraction process, pumped to tailings impoundments, used for activities like dust control, or discharged as a waste. The water can be of the same quality as drinking water, or it can be very acidic and laden with high concentrations of potentially toxic elements.

(from UNEP/GRID-Arenda web site)