Groundwater flow and solute transport in a laboratory-scale analogue of a decommissioned in-pit tailings management facility

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 326-341

  West, Anthony C F ^a,b   Van Geel, Paul J ^b   Raven, Kenneth G ^a   Nguyen, Thanh Son ^c   Belfadhel, Mahrez Ben ^c   Flavelle, Peter ^c  

^a Duke Engineering and Services   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advection dispersion; Groundwater contamination; In pit disposal; Numerical model; Physical model; Tailings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORTAR; SAND; SILICA;

ADVECTION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TAILINGS;

FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MINE WASTE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TAILINGS;

EID: 0038757595     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-108     Document Type: Article

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