Modelling of groundwater recovery process for prediction of land settlement in surface mines

International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-281

  Ardejani, F Doulati ^a,c   Baafi, E Y ^b   Shafaei, S Z ^a,c  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR COLOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Groundwater recovery; Spoil settlement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEWATERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; SOIL MECHANICS;

GROUNDWATER RECOVERY; LAND SETTLEMENT; SPOIL SETTLEMENT;

OPEN PIT MINING;

DEWATERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; MINE WASTE; MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 36549038162     PISSN: 17480930     EISSN: 17480949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480930600780812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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