Numerical modelling of consolidation and evaporation of slurried mine tailings

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 647-671

  Seneviratne, N H ^a   Fahey, M ^b   Newson, T A ^b   Fujiyasu, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Evaporation; Numerical modelling; Salinity; Tailings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSOLIDATION; EVAPORATION; GOLD MINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SLURRIES; TAILINGS;

LARGE STRAIN CONSOLIDATION THEORY; SALINITY; SLURRIED MINE TAILINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CONSOLIDATION; EVAPORATION; MINE TAILINGS; TAILINGS MODEL;

EID: 0030239227     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9853(199609)20:9<647::aid-nag844>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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