Compacted sewage sludge as a barrier for tailing impoundment

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-937

  Wang, Bao ^a   Zhang, Huyuan ^a   Fan, Zhiming ^a   Ju, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Barrier; Sewage sludge; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BARRIER; BATCH TESTS; HYDRAULIC BARRIER; LANDFILL SITE; PORE WATERS; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ACIDS; CADMIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DRAINAGE; HEAVY WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METALS; TESTING; ZINC;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID WATER; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CADMIUM; CARBONATE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPOUNDMENT; LANDFILL; PERMEABILITY; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SULFATE; TAILINGS; ZINC;

EID: 77955709612     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0410-0     Document Type: Article

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