Calibration of reactive transport models for remediation of mine drainage in solid-substrate biocolumns

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 914-925

  Hemsi, Paulo S ^a   Shackelford, Charles D ^b   Figueroa, Linda A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Mining; Mining influenced water; Modeling; Models; Organic matter; Solid organic substrates; Sulfate; Sulfate reduction; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SULFATE REDUCTION; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CALIBRATION; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; LAKES; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WASTEWATER;

SUBSTRATES;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINE DRAINAGE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; REMEDIATION; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79952020006     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000234     Document Type: Article

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