Measurement of hydraulic conductivity in oil sand tailings slurries

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 642-653

  Suthaker, Nagula N ^a   Scott, J Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Nonsegregating tailings; Oil sands; Slurries; Slurry consolidometer; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AGGLOMERATION; CONSOLIDATION; INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL SANDS; SLURRIES; TAILINGS;

CONSOLIDATION THEORY; FINES; OIL SAND PROCESSING; SLURRY CONSOLIDOMETER; VOID RATIO;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OIL SAND; TAILINGS;

EID: 0030209477     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t96-089-310     Document Type: Article

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