Rising groundwater tables in partly oxidized pyrite bearing dump-sediments: Column study and modelling approach

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 331, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 703-718

  Kohfahl, Claus ^a   Pekdeger, Asaf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Column study; Pyrite; Reactive transport modelling; Rising water table

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; MIXING; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COLUMN STUDY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER;

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; PYRITES; SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; OXIC CONDITIONS; PACKING; PHREATIC ZONE; POREWATER; PYRITE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 33750733932     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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