MRI and gravimetric studies of hydrology in drip irrigated heaps and its effect on the propagation of bioleaching micro-organisms

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 210-221

  Fagan, Marijke A ^a,b   Ngoma, I Emmanuel ^b   Chiume, Rebecca A ^b   Minnaar, Sanet ^b   Sederman, Andrew J ^a   Johns, Michael L ^c   Harrison, Susan T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Colonisation; Hydrology; Irrigation; MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORES;

CELL CONCENTRATIONS; COLONISATION; DETECTION LIMITS; GRAVIMETRIC STUDY; HEAP BIOLEACHING; LIQUID DISTRIBUTION; MINERAL RECOVERY; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84919778009     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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