A design approach for selecting the optimum water cover depth for subaqueous disposal of sulfide mine tailings

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-228

  Samad, Mustafa A ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Countercurrent flows; Mine tailings; Resuspension; Shear stress; Water cover; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR STRESS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

LINEAR WAVE THEORY; MINE TAILINGS; SHALLOW WATER COVERS; WATER DEPTH;

TAILINGS;

MINE WASTE; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 19944362221     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-094     Document Type: Article

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