Compatibility of slurry wall backfill soils with acid mine drainage

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-268

  Kashir, Mansor ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^b  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b London Regl Cancer Ctr Univ W   (Canada)

Author keywords

Containment; Effective stress; Effluent chemistry; Gypsum; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic gradient; Secondary minerals; Sulfide mineral oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000161927     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(00)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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