A geophysical and geotechnical study to determine the hydrological regime of the Central Manitoba gold mine tailings deposit

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Sherriff, Barbara L ^a   Ferguson, Ian J ^a   Gupton, Michael W ^a,e   VanGulck, Jamie F ^b   Sidenko, Nikolay ^a,f   Priscu, Caius ^c   Perez Flores, Marco ^d   Gomez Trevirio, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Arktis Solutions   (Canada)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f TetrES Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidity; Electrical conductivity; Geochemistry; Gold mine tailings; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SETTLING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GEOTECHNICAL; GOLD MINE TAILINGS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER MOVEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MANITOBA; MINE TAILINGS; PORE FLUIDS; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER FLOWS;

DEPOSITS; EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW OF WATER; GEOPHYSICS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINES; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFIDE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; WATER;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GOLD MINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SALINITY; SHEAR ZONE; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS; WATER FLOW;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649194667     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T08-102     Document Type: Article

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