Contributions of advective and diffusive oxygen transport through multilayer composite caps over mine waste

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 193-218

  Kim, Hong ^a   Benson, Craig H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Advection; Caps; Composite barriers; Diffusion; Geomembranes; Mine waste; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIFFUSION; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLAY LAYER; COMPOSITE BARRIERS; MULTILAYER COMPOSITES (MLC);

HYDROLOGY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADVECTION; COMPOSITE; DIFFUSION; GEOSYNTHETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADVECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINING; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASES; GEOLOGY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MINING; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; PRECIPITATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 2442546823     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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