Assessing preferential flow through an unsaturated waste rock pile using spectral analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Trinchero, Paolo ^a   Beckie, Roger ^b   Sanchez Vila, Xavier ^c   Nichol, Craig ^d  

^a AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TIME; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOWTHROUGH; MACROPORES; MATRIX; NON-LINEARITY; OPEN PIT; OUTPUT SIGNAL; POROUS MATRIXS; POTENTIAL RISKS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; ROCK PILE; SASKATCHEWAN; SCALING PROCESS; SLOW COMPONENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL; UNDERGROUND MINING OPERATIONS; UNSATURATED CONDITION; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WASTE ROCKS; WATER STORAGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPEN PIT MINING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PILES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LINEARITY; LYSIMETER; MATRIX; MINING; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 79960692646     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010163     Document Type: Article

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