Assessment of Phosphate Limestone Wastes as a Component of a Store-and-Release Cover in a Semiarid Climate;Bewertung von Phosphat-Kalkstein-Abraum als Bestandteil einer Speicher-Verdunstungs-Abdeckung Unter Semiariden Bedingungen

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-167

  Bossé, Bruno ^a,b   Bussière, Bruno ^a   Hakkou, Rachid ^b   Maqsoud, Abdelkabir ^a   Benzaazoua, Mostafa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Kettara mine site; Mine site reclamation; Store and release cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934177851     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0225-9     Document Type: Article

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