Oxidation of flooded mine tailings due to resuspension

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 826-845

  Yanful, Ernest K ^a   Verma, Ajay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid generation; Hydraulic sorting; Mass transfer; Oxygen flux; Precipitation; Ripples

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; MINE FLOODING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PH; WATER QUALITY;

ACID GENERATION; FLOODED MINE TAILINGS; HYDRAULIC SORTING; RESUSPENSION;

TAILINGS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; OXIDATION; PYRRHOTITE; RESUSPENSION; TAILINGS;

EID: 0033489953     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t99-044     Document Type: Article

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