The Diavik waste rock project: Water flow through mine waste rock in a permafrost terrain

被引：54

作者：

Neuner, Matthew ^{[1
]}

Smith, Leslie ^{[1
]}

Blowes, David W. ^{[2
]}

Sego, David C. ^{[3
]}

Smith, Lianna J. D. ^{[2
,4
]}

Fretz, Nathan ^{[1
]}

Gupton, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Earth & Ocean Sci, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

[2] Univ Waterloo, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[3] Univ Alberta, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada

[4] Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mines Inc, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P8, Canada

来源：

APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY | 2013年 / 36卷

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 加拿大创新基金会;

关键词：

CONDUCTIVITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.03.011

中图分类号：

P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];

学科分类号：

0708 ; 070902 ;

摘要：

A field experiment is being carried out at the Diavik diamond mine in northern Canada to investigate the influence of unsaturated flow behavior on the quality of drainage from mine waste rock piles in a region of continuous permafrost. This paper is part of a series describing processes affecting the weathering of waste rock and transport of reaction products at this site; here the focus is on unsaturated water flow and its role in mass loading. Two 15 m-high instrumented test piles have been built on 60 m by 50 m collection systems, each consisting of lysimeters and a large impermeable high-density polyethylene (HDPE) liner. Collection lysimeters are installed nearby to investigate infiltration in the upper 2 m of the waste rock. Porosity, water retention curves, and hydraulic conductivity functions are estimated from field measurements and for samples ranging in size from 200 cm(3) to 16 m(3). Net infiltration in 2007 is estimated to have been 37% of the rainfall for mean annual rainfall conditions. Early-season infiltration freezes and is remobilized as the waste rock thaws. Wetting fronts migrate at rates of 0.2-0.4 m d (1) in response to common rainfall events and up to 5 m d (1) in response to intense rainfall. Pore water and non-reactive solutes travel at rates of <10 (2) to 3 x 10 (2) m d (1) in response to common rainfall events and up to 0.7 m d (1) in response to intense rainfall. Time-varying SO4 mass loading from the base of the test piles is dictated primarily by the flow behavior, rather than by changes in solute concentrations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：222 / 233

页数：12

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