Microbially-accelerated consolidation of oil sands tailings. Pathway I: changes in porewater chemistry
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Microbially-accelerated consolidation of oil sands tailings. Pathway I: changes in porewater chemistry
Dispersed clay particles in mine tailings and soft sediments remain suspended for decades, hindering consolidation and challenging effective management of these aqueous slurries. Current geotechnical engineering models of self-weight consolidation of tailings do not consider microbial contribution to sediment behavior, however, here we show that microorganisms indigenous to oil sands tailings c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00106