Laboratory study of the clogging process and factors affecting clogging in a tailings dam

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1067-1074

  Wu, Jun ^a   Wu, Yanqing ^a   Lu, Jian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clogging; Column experiment; Ferrous iron oxidation; Tailings dam

Indexed keywords

DAMS; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION KINETICS;

BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CLOGGING; COLUMN EXPERIMENT; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; LABORATORY SIMULATION; TAILINGS DAM;

TAILINGS;

BUFFERING; DAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERRIHYDRITE; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TAILINGS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 42449105720     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0873-9     Document Type: Article

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