Tropical soils-acid mine drainage interactions: Breakthrough curves and some transport parameters

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 733-741

  Frempong, Eric M ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^b  

^a EBA Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Contamination; Drainage; Hydraulic conductivity; Mineralogy; Sorption; Transport phenomena; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIES; SOIL MINERALS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TROPICAL SOILS;

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PH EFFECTS; SORPTION;

DRAINAGE;

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PH EFFECTS; SORPTION;

BUFFERING; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 34547633110     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:7(733)     Document Type: Article

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