Weathering in coal mine rejects and tailings - Variation with respect to depth

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Devasahayam, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Coal; Oxidation depth dependence; Porosity; Reaction kinetics; Tailings

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; TAILINGS; WEATHERING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; OXIDATION-DEPTH-DEPENDENCE;

COAL MINES;

EID: 33847028307     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403356     Document Type: Article

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