Review of oil sands tailings technology options

Tailings and Mine Waste'10 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 381-391

  Powter, C B ^a   Biggar, K W ^b   Silva, M J ^b   McKenna, G T ^b   Scordo, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION NETWORKS; NATURAL PROCESS; OIL SANDS TAILINGS; TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS;

INFORMATION SERVICES; OIL SANDS; TECHNOLOGY;

TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

EID: 84860799913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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