Review of Cover Design Technologies for the Reclamation of Tailings (G. Ward Wilson, University of Saskatchewan, 1999)
This technical paper reviews cover design technologies for tailings reclamation across four distinct climate regimes (arid, temperate, high rainfall, and tropical monsoon) using numerical soil-atmosphere modeling. The analysis demonstrates that no single cover system design is universally applicable and that climate parameters, soil properties, and site-specific conditions must be integrated to achieve effective tailings containment and oxidation prevention.
- Date
- 1999
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- G. Ward Wilson, University of Saskatchewan, Unsaturated Soils Group, Placer Dome North American, Kidston Gold Mine
- Locations
- Alligator Ridge, Nevada, Detour Lake, Ontario, Canada, Papua New Guinea, OK TEDI Mine, Kidston Gold Mine, Northern Queensland, Tasmania, British Columbia, New Zealand, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Chilean deserts, Indonesian jungles, Canadian Yukon, Northern Ontario
- Parameters
- cover design technologies, tailings reclamation, water quality, oxygen limiting barriers, water infiltration, evapotranspiration, saturated hydraulic conductivity, acid generation, sulfide oxidation, soil-water characteristic curves, degree of saturation, capillary barriers, salt migration, groundwater flow, climate regimes, precipitation, evaporation, soil moisture
- Pages
- 12
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