Comparison of methods for the estimation of pyrite oxidation rate in a waste rock pile at Mine Doyon site, Quebec, Canada

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 99-109

  Sracek, Ondra ^a   Gélinas, Pierre ^b   Lefebvre, René ^c   Nicholson, Ronald V ^d,e  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e EcoMetrix Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oxygen consumption measurement; Oxygen transport; Pyrite mass balance; Pyrite oxidation rate; Temperature and oxygen profiles; Waste rock pile

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT; PYRITE MASS BALANCE; PYRITE OXIDATION RATE; WASTE ROCK PILE;

OXIDATION; PILE FOUNDATIONS; PYRITES; ROCKS; SOLID WASTES; WEATHERING;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSFER; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PYRITE; ROCK MECHANICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33748560488     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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