Effects of solution mining on groundwater quality in the Kazan trona field, Ankara-Turkey: Model predictions

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-172

  Yazicigil, Hasan ^a   Er, Cevat ^b   Ates, Jale Sakiyan ^c   Camur, M Zeki ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sardes Nikel Madencilik AS   (Turkey)

^c TUPRAG Metal Madencilik AS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flow modeling; Solute transport; Solution mining of trona

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINING; MINING ENGINEERING; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLUTION MINING; SPENT FUELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; FLOW CONDITIONS; FLOW MODELING; FLOW MODELS; GROUND WATER MODELS; GROUND WATER QUALITIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; ION CONTRIBUTIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; OPERATION PERIODS; RETARDATION FACTORS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS; SOLUTION MINING OF TRONA; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; TRONA DEPOSITS; VERTICAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLUTION MINING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

TRONA;

EID: 59649099244     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1291-3     Document Type: Article

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