Variably saturated reactive transport of arsenic in heap-leach facilities

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 430-444

  Decker, David L ^a   Šimůnek, Jirka ^b   Tyler, Scott W ^c   Papelis, Charalambos ^d,e   Logsdon, Mark J ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f Geochimica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; MINE WASTE; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORE DEPOSIT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOFTWARE;

CARLIN TREND; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33749388161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0039     Document Type: Article

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