Reactive transport modelling of acid mine drainage within discretely fractured porous media: Plume evolution from a surface source zone

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-270

  Molson, J ^a   Aubertin, M ^b,d   Bussiere B ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d Université Laval   (Canada)

^e Industrial NSERC Polytechnique UQAT Chair   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Discrete fracture network; Geochemical speciation; Numerical modelling; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC DRAINAGE; ACIDIC MINE DRAINAGE; ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; AQUEOUS SPECIES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DIFFUSION LIMITED; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED CLAY; FRACTURED NETWORK; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL SPECIATION; GEOTECHNICAL MODELS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MATRIX DIFFUSION; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINE WASTES; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTICOMPONENTS; NATURAL FLOW; PH BUFFERING; POROUS HOSTS; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; ROCK MATRIX; SIMULATION APPROACH; SOURCE COMPOSITION; SURFACE SOURCES; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOUR; WATER ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCARBONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICATES; TAILINGS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

FRACTURE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOST ROCK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; MINE WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLVENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE AREA; TAILINGS; TILL;

EID: 84864535942     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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