Laboratory and numerical modeling of water balance in a layered sloped soil cover with channel flow pathway over mine waste rock

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Song, Qing ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Channel flow; Laboratory test; Soil cover; VADOSE W; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; LABORATORY TEST; SOIL COVER; VADOSE/W; WATER BALANCE;

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORIES; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; SOLVENTS;

WATER CONTENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPACTION; FISSURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPORE; MINE WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOIL COVER; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79551642618     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0488-4     Document Type: Article

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