Importance of mineralogy in the geoenvironmental characterization and treatment of chromite ore processing residue

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-521

  Chrysochoou, Maria ^a   Dermatas, Dimitris ^b   Grubb, Dennis G ^c   Moon, Deok Hyun ^d   Christodoulatos, Christos ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Department of Water Resources Management   (Greece)

^c Schnabel Engineering LLC   (United States)

^d Chosun University   (South Korea)

^e Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Expansive soils; Hazardous wastes; Mineralogy; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

ACID-NEUTRALIZATION CAPACITY; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CHROMITE ORE PROCESSING; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; EXPANSIVE SOILS; GEOENVIRONMENTAL; GEOTECHNICAL; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HIGH PH; HUMID CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; MARYLAND; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POZZOLANIC REACTION; SITE INVESTIGATION; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; TWO-MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RAILROAD TRACKS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

ORE TREATMENT;

CHROMITE; DEPOSITION; EXPANSIVE SOIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952286767     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000233     Document Type: Article

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