Numerical simulations of long term unsaturated flow and acid mine drainage at waste rock piles

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 582-597

  Fala, Omar ^a   Molson, John ^a   Aubertin, Michel ^a   Bussière, Bruno ^b   Chapuis, Robert P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; ROCKS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; IN- SITU MONITORING; LONG TERM SIMULATION; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; UNSATURATED WATER FLOW; WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

PILES;

EID: 84868619336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06020582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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