Evidence of reduced water infiltration by microhardpans - Electrical resistivity measurements at peña de Hierro, Rio Tinto, Spain

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 349-356

  Rammlmair, D ^a   Grissemann, C ^a   Furche, M ^a   Noell, U ^a   Graupner, T ^a   Meima, J A ^a   Romero Baena, A ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COPPER; COPPER MINES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GELATION; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; METAL REFINING; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MODEL STRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; RIVER POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ZINC;

A STABLES; ALTERNATING LAYERS; BED-ROCKS; DRY AND WETS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITIES; HEAVY RAINFALLS; HIGH LOADS; HIGH RESISTIVITIES; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LITHOLOGICAL CHANGES; LOW POROSITIES; LOW RESISTIVITIES; MINING RESIDUES; NUMBER OF LAYERS; OUT-FLOWS; PORE SYSTEMS; REACTION TIMES; RIO TINTO; SILICA LAYERS; VOLCANICS; WATER INFILTRATIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SURFACES;

EID: 58049135299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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