Sulfide mineral oxidation and subsequent reactive transport of oxidation products in mine tailings impoundments: A numerical model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3173-3187

  Wunderly, M D ^a,b   Blowes, D W ^a   Frind, E O ^a   Ptacek, C J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Hargis + Associates Inc   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; METAL; MINERAL; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ATTENUATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN; MODEL; MOISTURE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE TAILINGS; MINERAL OXIDATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PYRITE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SULPHIDE;

EID: 0029659874     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02105     Document Type: Article

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