Efficiency of Bauxsol™ in permeable reactive barriers to treat acid rock drainage

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-44

  Lapointe, Felix ^a   Fytas, Kostas ^a   McConchie, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Bauxsol ; Permeable reactive barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746929485     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-006-0106-6     Document Type: Article

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