The arsenic source term for an in-pit uranium mine tailings facility and its long-term impact on the regional groundwater

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1437-1450

  Moldovan, Brett J ^a   Jim Hendry, M ^b   Harrington, Glenn A ^c  

^a CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THERMAL DIFFUSION; URANIUM MINES;

ARSENIC SOURCE; MINE TAILINGS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SPECIATION;

ORE TAILINGS;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; MINE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TAILINGS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URANIUM;

CANADA; LAKE RABBIT; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 44149097158     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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