Monitoring Well Installation at Woodcutters Mine during the tropical Monsoon season, NT, Australia.
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  • 1D Unsaturated Flow

    Wels, C., Fortin, S. & Loudon, S. (2002): "Assessment of Store-and-Release Cover for Questa Tailings Facility, New Mexico". In Tailings and Mine Waste '02, proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tailings amd Mine Waste, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 27-30 January 2002, pp. 459-468.

    Wels, C., O'Kane, M., and Fortin, S. (2001): "Assessment of Water Storage cover for Questa Tailings Facility, New Mexico". Paper presented at the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 500-513, June 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Wels, C., Loudon, S. and Newman, G. (2001): "Modeling of Alterntive Cover Scenarios for Mine Rock Piles at the Zortman and Landusky Mine Sites". In: National Association of Abandoned Mine Lands Annual Conference, August 19-22, 2001, Athens, Ohio.

    O'Kane M., Januszewski, S., and Dirom, G. (2001): "Waste Rock Cover System Field Trials at the Myra Falls Operations - A Summary of Three Years of Performance Monitoring". 25th Annual B.C. Mine Reclamation Symposium, September 2001.

    Deissmann, G., Kistinger, S. Kirkaldy, J.L. and Pettit, C.M. (2000): "Predictive Geochemical Modeling of Long-Term Environmental Impacts From Waste Rocks". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 743-750, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    O'Kane, M., Porterfield, D.P., Weir, A., and Watkins, A.L., (2000): "Cover System Performance in a semi-arid climate on horizontal and sloped waste rock surfaces". Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), May 21-24, 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    O'Kane, M. Stoicescu, J., Januszewski, S., Mchaina, D.M., and Haug, M.D., 1998. "Design of Field Test Plots for a Sloped Waste Rock Surface at Westmin Resources Ltd., Myra Falls Operations". 15th National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, May 16-21, 1998, St. Louis, MO.

    O'Kane, M., Porterfield, D., Haug, M.D., and Endersby, M. (1998): "The Design and Implementation of the Field Test Plots at BHP Iron Ore, Mt. Whaleback - A Soil Cover System for an Arid Climate". 1998 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit - March 9-11, Orlando, Florida.

    O’Kane, M., Mchaina, D.M., Stoicescu, J., Januszewski, S., Haug, M.D., and Bews, B.E. (1997): "Managing for Closure at the Myra Falls Operation – The Design of a Soil Cover System for Long Term Ecological and Physical Stability." 21st Annual B.C. Mine Reclamation Symposium, Cranbrook, B.C., September 22-25, 1997, pp. 98-107.

    Swanson, D.A., Barbour, S.L., Wilson, G.W. and O'Kane, M. (1995): "Modeling the Performance of Engineered Soil Covers fro Acid Generating Mine Waste". Paper presented at the Sudbury '95 Conference, Proceedings Volume 3, pp. 861-868, May 28 to June 1 1995, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    2D Unsaturated Flow

    Wilson, J.A., Wilson, G.W. and Fredlund, D.G. (2000): "Numerical Modeling of Vertical and Inclined Waste Rock Layers". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 257-266, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Bussiere, B., Aubertin, M. and Chapuis, R.P. (2000): "An Investigation of Slope Effects on the Efficiency of Capillary Barriers to Control AMD". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume II, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 969-977, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Wels, C., Shaw, S., and Royle, M.(2000): "A Case History Of Intrinsic Remediation Of Reactive Tailings Seepage For Questa Mine". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 441-458, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    O'Kane, M., Porterfield, D., Haug, M.D., Endersby, M., (1998): "The Design and Implementation of the Field Test Plots at BHP Iron Ore, Mt. Whaleback - A Soil Cover System for an Arid Climate". 1998 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit - March 9-11, Orlando, Florida.

    O'Kane, M. Stoicescu, J., Januszewski, S., Mchaina, D.M., and Haug, M.D., 1998. "Design of Field Test Plots for a Sloped Waste Rock Surface at Westmin Resources Ltd., Myra Falls Operations". 15th National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, May 16-21, 1998, St. Louis, MO.

    2D Saturated Flow

    Bain, J.G, Blowes, D.W. and Robertson, W. (1995): "The Hydrogeochemistry of a sand Aquifer Affected by Discharge from the Nickel Rim Tailings, Sudbury, Ontario". Paper presented at the Sudbury '95 Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 715-723, May 28 to June 1 1995, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    3D Saturated Flow

    Wels, C., Shaw, S., and Royle, M.(2000): "A Case History Of Intrinsic Remediation Of Reactive Tailings Seepage For Questa Mine". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 441-458, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Hanna, T.M., Howell, R.L., Ugorets, V., Ternes, T. and McCarter, J. (1999): "Use of a Frozen-Earth Wall to Reduce Effects of Dewatering on Alluvial Aquifer in Vicinity of the Proposed Aquarius Open Pit Mine". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 3, pp. 1083-1092, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Donohue, S., Sevick, G., Berg, G.J., and Reid, G. (1999): "Development of a Surface Water Mitigation Strategy for the Proposed Crandon Mine in Forest County, Wisconsin". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 721-730, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Angeroth, Cory E., S.A. Leake, and Brian J. Wagner. (1999): "Preliminary Development of the Ground and Surface Water System in Pinal Creek Basin, Arizona". Proceedings of the Technical Meeting Charleston South Carolina March 8-12,1999--Volume 1 of 3--Contamination From Hard-Rock Mining, Water-Resources Investigation Report 99-4018A

    Solute Transport in Unsaturated Zone

    Currently there are no papers posted using these modeling types.

    Solute Transport in Saturated Zone

    Currently there are no papers posted using these modeling types.

    Geochemical Multi-Species Transport Models

    Brown, P.L., Ritchie, I.M., Bennett, J.W., Comarmond, M.J.. and Timms, G.P. (2000): "Geochemical Kinetic Modeling of Acid Rock Drainage". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 289-296, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Mayer, K.U., Blowes, D.W., and Frind, E.O. (2000): "Numerical Modeling of Acid Mine Drainage Generation and Subsequent Reactive Transport". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 135-141, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Ross, C.S., Bain, J.G. and Blowes, D.W. (1999): "Transport and Attenuation of Arsenic from a Gold Mine Tailings Impoundment". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 745-754, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Mayer, K.U., Benner, S.G., and Blowes, D.W. (1999): "The Reactive Transport Model MIN3P: Application to Acid Mine Drainage Generation and Treatment - Nickel Rim Mine Site, Sudbury, Ontario". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, pp. 145-154, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Wunderly, M.D., Blowes, D.W., Frind, E.O., Ptacek, C.J., and Al, T.A. (1995): "A Multicomponent Reactive Transport Model Incorporating Kinetically Controlled Pyrite Oxidation". Paper presented at the Sudbury '95 Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 989-998, May 28 to June 1 1995, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Groundwater Flow & Solute Transport Models for Fractured Rock

    Wels, C., L. Smith, and R.D. Beckie (1997). "The Influence Of Surface Sorption On Dispersion In Parallel Plate Fractures" Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 28: 95-114.

    Wels, C., L. Smith, and T.T. Vandergraaf, (July 1996):"The Influence Of Specific Surface Area On Transport Of Sorbing Solutes In Fractures: An Experimental Analyses" Water Resources Research 32 : 1943 - 1954.

    Wels, C. and L. Smith (1994). "Retardation Of Sorbing Solutes In Fractured Media." Water Resources Res. 30: 2547-2563.

    Mine Reflooding Models

    Currently there are no papers posted using these modeling types.

    Tailings Consolidation Models

    Wels, C., Barnekow, M., Haase, M., Exner, M., and Jakubick, A.T.(2000): "A Case Stucy On Selfweight Consolidation Of Uranium Tailings". Paper presented at Uranium 2000; Conference held September 9-15, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

    Wels, C., Robertson, A. MacG., and Jakubick, A.T.(2000): "A Review of Dry Cover Placement on Extremely Weak, Compressible Tailings". Paper published in CIM Bulletin, Vol. 93, No. 1043, pp. 111-118, September 2000.

    Barnekow, U., Haase, M., Wels, C. (1999): Geomechanical Fine Tailings Characterization and 1-D Consolidation Modeling of Slime Zones at WISMUT Tailings Impoundments. Soft Tailings Stabilization Workshop Part 2: Practice and Experiences; Chemnitz, Germany; June 23-25, 1999.

    Wels, C., Robertson, A.MacG., and Jakubick, A.T.(1999): "Cover Placement on Extremely Weak, Compressible Tailings". Paper presented at the Soft Tailings Stabilization Workshop, May 26-27, 1999, Edmonton, Alberta.

    Geochemical Equilibrium Speciation Models

    Li, M.G. (2000): "Acid Rock Drainage Prediction for Low-Sulphide, Low-Neutralisation Potential Mine Wastes". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 567-580, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Wels, C., Shaw, S., and Royle, M.(2000): "A Case History Of Intrinsic Remediation Of Reactive Tailings Seepage For Questa Mine". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 441-458, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Brown, J.G., P.D. Glynn, and R.L. Bassett . (1999): "Geochemistry and Reactive Transport of Metal Contaminants in Ground Water, Pinal Creek Basin, Arizona". Proceedings of the Technical Meeting Charleston South Carolina March 8-12,1999--Volume 1 of 3--Contamination From Hard-Rock Mining, Water-Resources Investigation Report 99-4018A

    Bain, J.G, Blowes, D.W. and Robertson, W. (1995): "The Hydrogeochemistry of a Sand Aquifer Affected by Discharge from the Nickel Rim Tailings, Sudbury, Ontario". Paper presented at the Sudbury '95 Conference, Proceedings Volume 2, pp. 715-723, May 28 to June 1 1995, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    ARD Production & Airflow Models

    Lefebvre, R., Lamontagne, A. Wels, C., & Robertson, A. MacG. (2002): "ARD Production and Water Vapor Transport at the Questa Mine". In Tailings and Mine Waste '02, proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tailings amd Mine Waste, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 27-30 January 2002, pp. 479-488.

    Ritchie, A.I and Miskelly, P. (2000): "Geometric and Physico-Chemical Properties Determining Sulfide Oxidation Rates in Waste Rock Dumps". Paper presented at the ICARD 2000 Conference, Proceedings Volume I, Published by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (www.smenet.org), pp. 277-287, May 2000, Denver, Colorado.

    Kuo, E.Y. and Ritchie, A.I.M. (1999): "The Impact of Convection on the Overall Oxidation Rate in Sulfidic Waste Rock Dumps". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, pp. 211-220, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Smolensky, J., Hockley, D. Lefebvre, R. and Paul, M. (1999): "Oxygen Transport Processes in the Nordhalde of the Ronnenburg Mining District, Germany". Paper presented at the Sudbury '99 Conference, Proceedings Volume 1, pp. 271-280, September 13-17, 1999, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

    Lefebvre, R. and Gelinas, J. (1995): "Numerical Modeling of AMD Production in Waste Rock Dumps". Paper presented at the Sudbury '95 Conference, Proceedings Volume 3, pp. 869-878, May 28 to June 1 1995, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.