Dewatering of mine tailings using eletrokinetic geosynthetics

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-172

  Fourie, Andy B ^a   Johns, D G ^b   Jones, C J F P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Jones and Wagener   (South Africa)

^c Nanotechnology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Dewatering; Electrokinetic geotextiles; Electroosmosis; Tailings

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; ELECTROOSMOSIS; GEOTEXTILES; MINING;

ELECTROKINETIC GEOTEXTILES; LABORATORY TESTS;

TAILINGS;

DEWATERING; ELECTROOSMOSIS; GEOTEXTILES; MINING; TAILINGS;

CONSOLIDATION; DEWATERING; ELECTROKINESIS; GEOSYNTHETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MINE WASTE; TAILINGS;

EID: 34249821086     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T06-112     Document Type: Article

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