Effectiveness of protective layers in reducing metal fluxes from flooded pre-oxidized mine tailings

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 73-96

  Simms, Paul H ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^a   St Arnaud, Luc ^b   Aubé, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Noranda Technology Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Contaminant transport; Oxidation; Tailings; Water cover design

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MINES; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

METAL TRANSFER RATES;

TAILINGS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHELATING AGENT; IRON; METAL; MINERAL; SULFATE; WATER;

DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL; LEACHATE; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL COVER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; PH; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; SAND; SOIL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034768813     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011991016565     Document Type: Article

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