Degradation of digested sewage sludge residue under anaerobic conditions for mine tailings remediation

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3643-3654

  Jia, Yu ^a   Nason, Peter ^a   Alakangas, Lena ^a   Maurice, Christian ^a   Öhlander, Björn ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Anaerobic biodegradation; Biosolid; Long term evaluation; Modeling; Tailings remediation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TAILINGS; BIOSOLIDS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; DIGESTED SEWAGE SLUDGE; LONG-TERM EVALUATION; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; TOTAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOSOLIDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUND; TAILINGS;

KRISTINEBERG MINE; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 84919872184     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3275-9     Document Type: Article

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