Hydraulic conductivity of homogenized tailings from hard rock mines

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 470-482

  Aubertin, Michel ^a   Bussière, Bruno ^b   Chapuis, Robert P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b U Rech Serv en Technol Minerale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain size; Hydraulic conductivity; Laboratory tests; Tailings; Tortuosity; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

HARD ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINES; TAILINGS;

COMPACTION; CONSOLIDATION; FUNCTIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; MINES;

ATTERBERG LIMITS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HARD ROCK MINES; KOZENY-CARMAN EQUATION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; TORTUOSITY FACTOR; VOID RATIO;

TAILINGS;

EID: 0030153193     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-068     Document Type: Article

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