while the natural oxbow wetland was older (more than 550 years). The coal-slurry pond was originally a floodplain wetland (slough); the downstream end was blocked with a stoplog structure and the oxbow filled with slurry. The pattern of decomposition for all species in the coal ...In coal mining: Slurry pipelines. Coal slurry is a mixture of crushed coal and a liquid such as water or oil. The traditional mixture
