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Zhdanov, Michael S. | 3-D magnetic inversion with data compression and image focusing | We develop a method of 3-D magnetic anomaly inversion based on traditional Tikhonov regularization theory. We use a minimum support stabilizing functional to generate a sharp, focused inverse image. An iterative inversion process is constructed in the space of weighted model parameters that acce... | | 2002-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | 3D analysis of particulates in mineral processing systems by cone beam X-ray microtomography | In general, x-ray computed tomographic (CT) techniques are able to provide 3D images of the internal structure of opaque materials in a nondestructive manner. The unique cone beam geometry allows acquisition of all 2D projections with only one rotation of the sample thus providing for fast data acqu... | X-ray microtomography; Liberation; Heap leaching; Exposure analysis; Coal washability | 2003 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | 3D inversion of airborne electromagnetic data | Time-domain airborne surveys gather hundreds of thousands of multichannel, multicomponent samples. The volume of data and other complications have made 1D inversions and transforms the only viable method to interpret these data, in spite of their limitations. We have developed a practical methodolog... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | A new cone beam X-ray microtomography facility for 3D analysis of multiphase materials | Three-dimensional x-ray microtomography offers a unique imaging capability. Spatial resolution on the order of ten microns can be achieved with the use of microfocus x-ray generators. Recently, a state-of-the-art, flexible cone beam x-ray microtomography system has been installed at the University o... | | 2001-01-01 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | A reappraisal of the geomagnetic polarity time scale to 4 MA using data from the turkana basin, East Africa | Recalibration of the Pliocene and early Pleistocene geomagnetic time scale using the K-Ar dated fluvial sequence of the Turkana Basin in East Africa agrees with calibrations based on astronomical calculations. Ages estimated here are: Olduvai Subchron, 1.78-1.96 Ma; Reunion Subchrons, 2.11-2.15 Ma ... | | 2012 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | A stratospheric connection to Atlantic climate variability | It is well recognized that the stratosphere is connected to tropospheric weather and climate. In particular, extreme stratospheric circulation events and their dynamical feedback on the troposphere are known to play a major role1. However, what is not known to date is whether the state of the strat... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | A summary of the geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Roosevelt Hot Springs thermal area, Utah | | | 1978 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Adsorption mechanisms in nonmetallic activation systems | Adsorption of lead and ferric iron on quurtz and alumina is presented as a function of pH. Only the hydrolyzed species of these metal ions, FeOHt+ and PbOH', adsorb significantly on each of these minerals. Zeta potentials of quartz were measured as a function of pH in the presence of various additio... | Ferric iron; Quartz; Lead; Alumina; Adsorption; pH (Chemistry) | 1970 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Agglomeration and magnetic deinking for office paper | Magnet deinking of office paper (OP) is a promising technology for the production of high quality secondary fiber. The technique is possible because a significant portion of the toner in OP furnish has a magnetic character. Toner magnetic susceptibility can vary from weakly paramagnetic to ferroma... | Wastepaper; Magnetic deinking; Toner; Magnetic susceptibility | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Niewiadomski, Marcin M.; Hupka, Jan; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Air bubble and oil droplet interactions in centrifugal fields during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation | The interactions of air bubbles and oil droplets in centrifugal flotation have been considered with respect to process conditions present during Air-sparged Hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation. Encounter efficiency of oil droplets with air bubbles has been found to be significantly smaller when compared t... | Centrifugal flotation; Froth flotation; Oil flotation; Dispersed oil; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; ASH | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Air sparged hydrocyclone for fine coal flotation | The cleaning of fine coal to achieve compliance specifications generally is a challenging problem for coal preparation engineers. Gravity separation techniques are limited with regard to capacity/ efficiency considerations, and the most promising process alternative seems to be flotation, the u... | Microbubble; Compliance; Bituminous | 1988 |
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Chapman, David S. | Air, ground, and groundwater recharge temperatures in an alpine setting, Brighton Basin, Utah | Noble gases are useful tracers for constraining groundwater recharge temperature and elevation, critical in determining source areas of groundwater recharge in mountainous terrain. A monitoring network in the alpine Brighton Basin in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah, USA, was established to ex... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) technology for cyanide recovery | An air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) mobile system was evaluated for continuous stripping and recovery of cyanide (the AVR process) from process water at a gold plant site. The ASH unit performed exceptionally well as an absorber. HCN was absorbed from the gas phase in a single pass with an efficiency... | Cyanide recovery; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Gold processing; Process water | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Analysis of the surface potential developed by non-reactive ionic solids | The sign of the surface potential for complex non-reactive ionic solids cannot be predicted solely from consideration of the hydration energy of gaseous ions which constitute the ionic lattice. Accurate analysis of these systems must involve the hydration energy of surface ions, which requires knowl... | Lattice; dipole; Madelung Constants | 1976 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Anisotropic character of talc surfaces as revealed by streaming potential measurements, atomic force microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations | A study of the interfacial properties of the basal plane and the edge surfaces of talc is described in this paper. The isoelectric-point measured at the two different crystallographic planes by the streaming potential method was found to be similar and exists at about pH 3.0. In the case of the edg... | Streaming potential; Scanning electron microscope; Atomic force microscope | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Anisotropic character of talc surfaces as revealed by streaming potential measurements, atomic force microscopy, molecular dynamics simulations and contact angle measurements | A study of the interfacial properties of the basal plane and the edge surfaces of talc is described in this paper. The isoelectric points measured at two different crystallographic surfaces by the streaming potential method were found to be similar and exist at about pH 3.0. In the case of the edge... | Talc; Interfacial properties; Hydration; Atomic force microscopy; Molecular dynamics simulations; Edge surface; Basal plane | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Applications of X-ray computed tomography in particulate systems | X-ray computed tomography (CT) is an ideal technique for investigating the internal structure of multiphase materials in a noninvasive and nondestructive manner. CT technology used in conjunction with specialized algorithms and advanced computer facilities can be used to provide quantitative informa... | Algorithms; Beam; Intensity | 1992 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Are there basic physical constraints on future anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide? | Global Circulation Models (GCMs) provide projections for future climate warming using a wide variety of highly sophisticated anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios as input, each based on the evolution of four emissions "drivers": population p, standard of living g, energy productivity (or efficiency... | Global circulation models; Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions | 2009 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Arsenic removal from contaminated waters | Arsenic is a contaminant at 781 of 1,430 sites identified on the National Priorities List and in mining and mineral processing wastewaters, smelter wastes, and sites for manufacture of semiconductors, petroleum products, wood preservatives, animal feed additives, and herbicides. Arsenic affects abo... | Arsenic; Arsenate; Arsenite; Microbial; Activated carbon; Magnetic activated carbon; Biomac | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Atomic force microscopy investigation of interaction forces between polyethylene and asphaltene surfaces | Many petroleum-derived asphalts used for road construction exhibit poor rheological properties. These properties of asphalt can be improved by addition of various polymer fillers to the asphalt blend. Recycled polyolefines, especially polyethylene and polypropylene have been used as the asphalt mo... | Asphalt; Rheology; Polyolefins | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Axial flow reversal and its significance in air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation | In recent years the potential of air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation for fine coal cleaning has been demonstrated both in pilot plant testing and in a plant-site demonstration program. Further improvements in the ASH technology will depend, to some extent, on improved understanding of the co... | Flotation; zero axial velocity; computational fluid dynamics | 1995 |
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Solomon, Douglas Kip | Bayesian evaluation of groundwater age distribution using radioactive tracers and anthropogenic chemicals | The development of a Bayesian modeling approach for estimation of the age distribution of groundwater using radioactive isotopes and anthropogenic chemicals is described. The model considers the uncertainties associated with the measured tracer concentrations as well as the parameters affecting the ... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | The behavior of arsenic trioxide in non-ferrous extractive metallurgical processing | Study of the acid bake-leach process has shown potential advantages for the treatment of enargite (Cu3AsS4) concentrates. Among the most important advantages of the process is the transformation of enargite to water-soluble copper sulfate and highly soluble arsenic trioxide (arsenolite). Because ars... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bench scale flotation of alunite ore with oleic acid | Alunite [KA13(SO4)2(OH)6] is a promising non-bauxitic aluminum resource, the domestic reserves of which are estimated to be 800 x 106 tons at 35 percent alunite. The major gangue mineral associated with alunite is quartz. The thermochemical process that has been developed for treatment of this ore... | Mesh; Separation; Liberation | 1980 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bench scale flotation of sedimentary phosphate rock with hydroxamic acid collectors | It has been discovered that water insoluble alcoholic solutions of alkyl hydroxamic acids serve as selective collectors for the flotation of phosphate mineral resources. The effectiveness of the new collector chemistry has been demonstrated by the results from single stage bench scale flotation exp... | Flotation; Insoluble collectors; Hydroxamic acid; Alcohol; Phosphate rock; High solids conditioning; Particle size | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bismuth dissolution from smelter flue dust residues | Effective bismuth removal from flue dust residues has been accomplished for flue dusts from both zinc and copper smelters. Selective dissolution of bismuth, with respect to silver and lead, can be achieved by the proper manipulation of temperature, sulfuric acid addition and sodium chloride addition... | Technique; Distribution; Chloride | 1976 |
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Chapman, David S. | Borehole temperatures and climate change: ground temperature change in south India over the past two centuries | Variations in surface g round temperature (SGT) at the Earth's surface diffuse downward in a predictable way causing systematic perturbations to the subsurface temperature field. The pioneering study of Lachenbruch and Marsh all [1986] in Alaska demonstrated that present-day borehole temperature-dep... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing | This study describes simulated changes in the general circulation during the twentieth and twenty -first centuries due to a number of individual direct radiat ive forcings and warming sea surface temperatures, by examining very long time-slice simulations created with an enhanced version of the Geop... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bubble attachment time and FTIR analysis of water structure in the flotation of sylvite, bischofite and carnallite | Water structure is a most important parameter that influences the flotation of soluble salts. In this paper bubble attachment time measurements and FTIR analyses were performed to investigate the effect of water structure on the flotation behavior of sylvite (KCl), bischofite (MgCl2•6H2O) and carn... | | 2010-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Bubble generation in swirl flow during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation is a new, promising technology, and, since its conception, numerous applications have been successfully tested. Nevertheless, research and development efforts have continued to improve the technology with respect to operating conditions and design considerati... | Air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation; Bubble size; Process variables | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Capillary network model for filter cake based on pore structure analysis | Dewatering of fine coal by continuous filtration involves filter cake formation and removal of surface moisture by drawing air through the capillaries of the cake. In order to gain a better (understanding of the complex transport phenomena that occur in the filter cake, analysis of the effect of t... | Pore geometry; Transport properties; Microtomography | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Characterization of interfacial water at hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces by in situ FTIR/internal reflection spectroscopy | In-situ FTIR/internal reflection spectroscopy (FTIR/IRS) has been used to spectroscopically characterize interfacial water near hydrophilic (silicon single crystal) and hydrophobic (polymer-coated germanium single crystal) surfaces. Interfacial water was examined spectroscopically over certain dista... | Interfacial water; hydrophilic surfaces; Hydrophobic surfaces; Internal reflection spectroscopy; Silicon crystals; Germanium crystals | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Fang, Zhigang Zak; Lin, Chen-Luh | Characterization of powder injection molded components using X-ray CT | A good understanding of the microstructure of powder injection molded (PIM) components during debinding and sintering is essential in designing and optimizing PIM processes and properties. So far we have been limited in our ability to "see" what is going on. Microstructural characterization has cla... | Powder injection molding | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Characterization of spherical alumina particles obtained by melting in a hydrogen-oxygen flame | Spherical oxide particles can be used as mineral fillers, paint pigments, polishing materials and catalysts. They can be prepared using various techniques involving precipitation and spray drying. Melting of particles in a high-temperature flame is a simple technique which produces particles with ... | Alumina; Oxides; Hydrogen-oxygen flame | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Chemical utilization of sequestered carbon dioxide as a booster of hydrogen economy | For many, hydrogen in a pure hydrogen economy would be like natural gas in today's energy economy. Unfortunately, hydrogen's physical properties are unsuited to the energy market's requirements in terms of packaging, storage, transfer, and delivery. In this paper, a hybrid energy economy that packag... | | 2008-01-01 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Chronology | The boundaries of the Lower Omo Basin have been mapped by Fuchs (1939) and by Butzer (1970, 1971) in a general way. The structural features and physiography of the eastern and central part of the Lower Omo Basin are best expressed on the maps of Davidson et al. (1973). Walsh and Dodson (1969) have m... | | 1983 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Chrysocolla flotation by the formation of insoluble surface chelates | Pure chrysocolla is floated with chelating agents that form insoluble complexes with copper at ambient temperature. Complete flotation is obtained with potassium octyl hydroxamate as collector at pH 6. Flotation response is enhanced with increased temperature when low additions of h ydroxamate are ... | Chrysocolla; Copper chelating compounds; Flotation systems | 1965 |
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Jewell, Paul | Circulation, salinity, and dissolved oxygen in the Cretaceous North American seaway | Critical paleoceanographic problems regarding the maximum transgressive phase of the Cretaceous North American seaway have been studied with a three-dimensional ocean circulation model. Four simulations employing minimum and maximum solar insolation winds from the Cretaceous and a wide range of pre... | Cretaceous North American Seaway | 1996 |
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Chapman, David S.; Harris, Robert N. | Climate change in India inferred from geothermal observations | Temporal variations in surface ground temperature impart a signal to the subsurface thermal regime that is captured in borehole temperature-depth profiles. Seventy temperature-depth profiles in India, located between 12o and 28oN, are analyzed to infer past changes in ground temperature. | Climate change; Borehole temperatures; Surface ground temperature; Surface air temperature; Geothermal observations; India | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Comparison of process alternatives for gold recovery from cyanide leach solutions | Both conventional and nonconventional process alternatives for gold recovery from cyanide heap leach solutions are discussed in terms of possible flowsheets. Conventional process alternatives include carbon adsorption and zinc dust precipitation, while nonconventional process alternatives include re... | Conventional; Exchange; Flowsheet | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Concentration | The most startling development in concentration processes this past year would have to be the results obtained after magnetic treatment of aqueous systems. Beneficial effects were reported in both flotation and thickening on an industrial scale following the application of a magnetic field to ... | Concentration; Aqueous systems; Pulp; Magnetic treatment | 1969 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Cone beam X-ray microtomography - a new facility for three-dimensional analysis of multiphase materials | As the techniques and resolution for three-dimensional spatial analysis have advanced in the last decade, it is now possible to map in detail the micro structure of multiphase materials in three-dimensional digital space. In this regard, three-dimensional X-ray microtomography offers a unique imagin... | Cone beam X-ray microtomography; Three-dimensional analysis; Material characterization | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Conformation of chemisorbed oleate at a calcite surface | The surface chemistry of the calcite/oleate flotation system was examined by in situ FT-NIR/IRS. Spectra of combination and overtone bands of aliphatic stretching vibrations revealed gauche/trans conformational changes that occurred solely as a function of temperature. The conformational changes wer... | Chemisorption; Oleate; Calcite; Gauche/trans conformation; Rotational isomerism | 2001 |
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Dong, Jiawei | Consolidation and permeability of flocculated kaolinite sediment | Vast oil sand resources are located in the province of Alberta, Canada, where water-based oil sands extraction operations are found including extraction and separation of the bitumen from the clay, sand, and water. The production of each barrel of synthetic crude oil (SCO) requires 2 m3 of processe... | Consolidation; Flocculation; Kaolinite; Permeability | 2017 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | Contraction integral equation method in three-dimensional electromagnetic modeling | The integral equation method has been proven to be an efficient tool to model threedimensional electromagnetic problems . Owing to the full linear system to be solved, the method has been considered effective only in the case of models consisting of a strongly limited number of cells. However, recen... | | 2002-01-01 |
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Jewell, Paul | Controls of tufa development in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah | Prominent tufa localities along the Provo level (∼14,000 14C yr B.P.) shoreline in Pleistocene Lake Bonneville have been characterized in detail. Three types of tufa are recognized: capping tufa, beachrock, and capping tufa over beachrock. Capping tufa and beachrock are end members of a continuum ... | Tufa; Pleistocene; Pluvial lakes | 2006 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Correlation of tephra layers from the Western Rift Valley (Uganda) to the Turkana Basin (Ethiopia/Kenya) and the Gulf of Aden | Four volcanic ashes have been mapped in Albertine Group strata (Warwire, Kaiso Village and Nyabusosi Formations) Western Rift Valley, Uganda. Three of these tuffs have geochemical fingerprints similar to tuffs in the Turkana Basin (Ethiopia, Kenya), in Afar (Ethiopia) and the Gulf of Aden, permitti... | | 1991 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Critical review of wetting and adhesion phenomena in the preparation of polymer-mineral composites | The wetting behavior of liquid polymers at solid surfaces and the adhesion forces involved at polymer-filler interfaces should always be considered in the preparation of high-quality polymer composites, including those made with mineral fillers. Spontaneous polymer spreading over the filler surface... | Polymer-minerals; Composites; Wetting; Adhesion | 1995 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | Cross-well electromagnetic imaging in three dimensions | In this paper, we develop a new technique for 3D cross-well electromagnetic tomography, based on an EM borehole survey consisting of a moving vertical magnetic dipole transmitter, located in one or several boreholes, and a tri-axial induction receiver, located in the other boreholes. The method is b... | | 2003 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Data report: high-resolution mineralogy for leg 199 based on reflectance spectroscopy and physical properties | During Ocean Drilling Program Leg 199 in the equatorial Pacific, visible and near-infrared spectroscopy (VNIS) was used to measure the reflectance spectra (350?2500 nm) of 1343 sediment samples. Reflectance spectra were also measured for a suite of 60 samples of known mineralogy, thereby providing a... | | 2004 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Dating | There are basically three lines of investigation that are involved in geochronology ? the dating of rocks and other earth materials. First, there are the physical and chemical dating methods which give us numerical estimates of age. Second, there is the reconstruction of the order of events in sec... | | 1984 |
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Fernandez, Diego P. | Deep-sea scleractinian coral age and depth distributions in the Northwest Atlantic over the last 225,000 years | Deep-sea corals have grown for over 200,000 yrs on the New England Seamounts in the northwest Atlantic, and this paper describes their distribution both with respect to depth and time. Many thousands of fossil scleractinian corals were collected on a series o f cruises from 2003- 2005; by contrast,... | Desmophyllum dianthus; Scleractinian coral; Seamounts; Northwest Atlantic | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Determination of Madelung constants for infinite and semi-infinite lattices by direct summation | Lattice sums for the electrostatic interactions in ionic crystals, first evaluated by Madelung, are now known to high degrees of accuracy. The problem of conditional convergence has been solved either by manipulations of a mathematical model of the lattice, or by directly summing over neutral group... | Lattices; Madelung constants | 1976 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | Determining the tropopause height from gridded data | A method is presented to determine tropopause height from gridded temperature data with coarse vertical resolution. The algorithm uses a thermal definition of the tropopause, which is based on the concept of a threshold lapse-rate. Interpolation is performed to identify the pressure at which this th... | Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Stratosphere/troposphere interactions; Numerical modeling and data assimilation; Meteorology; Atmospheric Dynamics: General circulation | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Development and application of centrifugal flotation systems in wastewater treatment | Flotation as a wastewater treatment technique is designed to remove all particles generally encountered as very fine emulsions, suspended solids, and colloids from wastewater. Historically, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) has been used to achieve this removal. More recently, other flotation techniques... | Wastewater treatment; Centrifugal flotation; Liquid cyclone mixing; Hybrid centrifugal dissolved-air flotation; ASH; BAF; GEM; FF | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Herbst, John A.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Development of a multicomponent-multisize liberation model | This paper is concerned with the development of a kinetic model for mineral liberation by grinding. Existing population balance size reduction models are extended to include two minerals with an arbitrary number of locked particle fractions. The validity of this approach to liberation modelling is d... | Population balance; size reduction; liberation; grinding model | 1985 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Development of a PC, image-based, on-line particle size analyzer | A PC, image-based, on-line instrument for measuring coarse particle size on a conveyor belt is under development. The hardware and software required to implement such a system are discussed, including the interface for the special image-acquisition hardware. The system concept is given with exampl... | | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Development of the air-sparged hydrocyclone - a swirl-flow flotation column | From laboratory research activities during the past five years, it is now evident that effective flotation separations can be achieved with the high-capacity air-sparged hydrocyclone. | Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Froth core | 1988 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Dimethyl ether - a new synthetic fuel commodity and chemical building block | Dimethyl ether (DME) is recognized as a potential next-generation, environmentally benign commodity for energy storage and distribution, as well as a momentous chemical building block. DME can be produced at a competitive price from synthesis gas conveniently generated from a variety of carbon-cont... | Dimethyl ether; DME; Energy carrier; Energy commodity; Diesel fuel | 2005 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Direct three-dimensional liberation analysis by cone beam x-ray microtomography | Liberation of valuable minerals during size reduction is an important aspect of mineral processing technology. In practice, most quantitative information on liberation is based on the application of stereological theorems for the analysis of image data from two-dimensional polished sections. On th... | Mineral processing; Cone beam x-ray; Microtomography | 1997 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | Discussion and reply: comments on "electromagnetic geophysics: notes from the past and the road ahead" | The direct current and electromagnetic methods have been around for almost 180 years and have been applied successfully in mining, petroleum, geotechnical, engineering, environmental, groundwater, and tectonic studies. Over such a long period of time, it is possible to lose track of who the pioneers... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Dispersed oil impact on froth stability in flotation | Foam stability in flotation has been studied for more than half of the last century, however, the mechanisms responsible for the defoaming action of many presently used reagents are not completely understood. This research presents oil flotation data, which may be used in the evaluation of aqueous ... | Particles; Defoaming; Surfactants | 2001 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Deo, Milind; Lin, Chen-Luh | Distribution of multiphase fluids in porous media: comparison between lattice Boltzmann modeling and micro-x-ray tomography | A parallel implementation of the three-dimensional Shan-and-Chen multicomponent, multiphase lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) was used to simulate the equilibrium distributions of two immiscible fluids in porous media. The simulations were successfully validated against cone-beam x-ray microtomographi... | Multiphase fluid flow; Porous media; X-ray microtomography | 2008-02 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of feed source in the hot water processing of Utah tar sand | The processing strategy for the effective separation of bitumen from low grade (K.10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands by a hot water process differs significantly from that used for the processing of high grade (> 10 weight percent bitumen) Utah tar sands. Excellent separations (coefficient o... | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation | 1980 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of ink types and printing processes on flotation deinking | Examination of ink types reveals that newsprint oil-based offset-cold and offset-heat inks contain substantial oil (45 to 60%) and resin (5 to 35%), water-based ink contains water (40%) and resin (polystyrene, 30%). These inks are liquids with densities around 1 g/cm3, having various viscosities... | Toners; Inks; Photocopying; Laser printing; Flotation; Deinking; Recycling; Office waste; Hyrdophobicity | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of pH on pulping and flotation of mixed office wastepaper | The effect of pulping reagents on the deinking flotation of laser-printed wastepaper was investigated with regard to the removal efficiency of toner and mineral filler particles at different pH values. These results show that caustic pulping causes the toner to be released from the fibres as larger... | Wastepaper; Deinking; pH values; Pulp production processes | 1999 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Effect of surface oxidation on interfacial water structure at the pyrite (100) surface as studied by MDS | Flotation provides a number of alternatives for the processing of gold ores containing sulfide minerals. e.g. flotation of free gold and gold-bearing sulfides to produce a gold-rich concentrate for regrinding, oxidative pretreatment and cyanidation. | | 2014-01-01 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Electrical properties of basalts from Sites 768 and 770 | Conductivity of 54 basalt samples from ODP Sites 768 and 770 was measured as a function of temperature and fluid salinity. Porosity was also measured for all samples, and cation exchange capacity was measured for 46 of the samples. Porosity measurements indicated that porosity is underestimated fo... | | 1991 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Electrochemistry in silver catalysed ferric sulfate leaching of chalcopyrite | Previous investigations have demonstrated the catalytic effect of silver additions in the ferric sulfate leaching of chalcopyrite. CuFeS2 + 4Fe+3 > Cu++ + 5Fe++ + 2S° The enhanced rate of leaching was found to be due to the formation of an intermediate Ag2S film which forms on the CuFeS2 surf... | Reaction; Sulfur; Elemental | 1981 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Electromagnetic inversion using quasi-linear approximation | Three-dimensional electromagnetic inversion continues to be a challenging problem in electrical exploration. We have recently developed a new approach to the solution of this problem based on quasi-linear approximation of a forward modeling operator. It generates a linear equation with respect to ... | Quasi-linear approximation; Electromagnetic inversion | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Wan, Rong Yu | Enhanced ferric sulphate leaching of copper from CuFeS2 and C particulate aggregates | Significantly faster leaching kinetics for ferric sulphate are achieved for particulate aggregates of CuFeS2 and C than for CuFeS2 itself. The effect of carbon particles upon the rate of dissolution of chalcopyrite has been increased by a factor of 4 (after 10 hours' leaching), depending upon the ... | Reaction; Chalcopyrite; Electrochemical | 1984 |
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Steenburgh, William James | Episodic dust events of Utahs Wasatch Front and adjoining region | Episodic dust events cause hazardous air quality along Utah's Wasatch Front and dust loading of the snowpack in the adjacentWasatch Mountains. This paper presents a climatology of episodic dust events of the Wasatch Front and adjoining region that is based on surface weather observations from the Sa... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Equilibrium and kinetics of copper extraction from ammoniacal solutions by hydroxoximes with particular emphasis on transport phenomena | The chemistry of copper extraction from ammoniacal solutions by hydroxyoxime extractants was studied. Equilibrium measurements were made by shakeout experiments with subsequent analyasis of the aqueous and/or organic phases. The kinetic experiments were carried out in a single drop reaction cell in ... | Reactant; Concentration; Dispersed | 1981 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Erratum to Evaluation of stucco binder for agglomeration in the heap leaching of copper ore | Figure 8 top legend is mentioned incorrectly. The legend "With ferric sulfate: column leaching of agglomerates (stucco) should be red in color and column leaching of agglomerates (no stucco) should be blue in color. The correct Fig. 8 is shown below. The authors would like to apologize for the incon... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Solomon, Douglas Kip | Evaluating the use of strontium isotopes in tree rings to record the isotopic signal of dust deposited on the Wasatch Mountains | Dust cycling from the Great Basin to the Rocky Mountains is an important component of ecological and hydrological processes. We investigated the use of strontium (Sr) concentrations and isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) in tree rings as a proxy for dust deposition. We report Sr concentrations and isotope r... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of a CT-based coal washability analysis system under simulated on-line conditions | The appropriate software and hardware necessary to adapt an X-ray CTanalyzerfor the determination of coal washability was developed and successfully tested for well-characterized samples under laboratory conditions. Evaluation of the CT-based analyzer under simulated on-line conditions is also prese... | Coal washability; Computer simulation; X-ray CT analysis | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of a PC image-based on-line coarse particle size analyzer | A PC image-based, on-line coarse particle size analysis system is being developed for the control of crushing and grinding circuits. Initial results had indicated that the system is accurate when tested with irregularly shaped particles which are stationary and do not overlap with each other. Now th... | Sampling; Measurements; Analysis | 1993 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of plantwide control strategies for coal preparation plants | The quality of cleaned products from coal preparation plants is often variable due to natural fluctuations in the washability characteristics of the plant feed. To combat this problem, many modern plants have installed on-line analyzers that provide feedback for the real-time control of product q... | Circuit; Yield; Optimization | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Evaluation of stucco binder for agglomeration in the heap leaching of copper ore | It is known that the presence of excess fines in heap leaching operations may cause low recovery due to reduced heap permeability and/or channeling of lixiviant flow. These problems are mitigated to some extent by agglomeration pretreatment prior to heap leaching. Sulfuric acid leach solution is the... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Evolution of microstructure and phases in in-situ processed Ti-TiB composites containing high volume fractions of TiB whiskers | A series of titanium composites, with varying volume fractions of titanium monoboride (TiB) whiskers, were made by mixing various proportions of titanium (Ti) and titanium diboride (TiB2) powders followed by hot pressing. The phases present were identified by x-ray diffraction. | Morphology; diffraction; relative intensity | 1999 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | The evolution of neogene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe | The Pliocene-Pleistocene chronology of hominid and other vertebrate evolution in East Africa is largely constrained by isotopic dating and regional intercorrelation of volcanic ash layers. Some eruptions were of sufficient magnitude or duration that their widespread tephra dispersal defines a serie... | | 1999 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Exceptionally preserved jellyfishes from the Middle Cambrian | Cnidarians represent an early diverging animal group and thus insight into their origin and diversification is key to understanding metazoan evolution. Further, cnidarian jellyfish comprise an important component of modern marine planktonic ecosystems. Here we report on exceptionally preserved cnida... | Jellyfishes; Metazoan evolution; Jellyfish fossils; Marjum Formation; Utah; Middle Cambrian | 2007-10-31 |
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Chapman, David S. | Exhumation of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: 1, Patterns and timing of exhumation deduced from low-temperature thermochronology data | The Wasatch Mountains are often cited as an example of normal fault growth and footwall flexure. They represent a tilted footwall at the edge of the Basin and Range extensional province, a major rift basin. Thus understanding the detailed spatial and elevation changes in coupled thermochronometer da... | Uplift; Exhumation; Wasatch Fault; Wasatch Mountains; Utah; Helium dating; Fission track; Tectonophysics; Extensional tectonics; Geothermal observations | 2002 |
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Chapman, David S. | Exhumation of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah: 2, thermokinematic model of exhumation, erosion, and thermochronometer interpretation | The Wasatch fault is a ~370 km long normal fault in Utah that marks the boundary between the stable Colorado Plateau to the east and the extending Basin and Range to the west. Understanding the thermokinematic evolution of this fault can provide insights into intracontinental extensional tectonics a... | Uplift; Exhumation; Wasatch Fault; Wasatch Mountains; Utah; Helium dating; Fission track; Tectonophysics; Extensional tectonics; Geothermal observations | 2002 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming | A consistent weakening and poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation is diagnosed in the climate change simulations of the IPCC AR4 project. Associated with this widening is a poleward expansion of the subtropical dry zone. Simple scaling analysis supports the notion that the poleward extent of ... | Hadley cell; Climate change; Subtropical dry zone | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Experimental evaluation of a mineral exposure model for crushed copper ores | Copper mineral inclusions dispersed in crushed ore particles have a certain size distribution (grain-size distribution). For efficient heap leaching processes, the crushing plant should be designed and operated to crush the ore to an appropriate particle-size distribution so that copper mineral grai... | Grains; Particles; Distribution | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Herbst, John A. | Factors affecting droplet size distributions produced in dispersed phase mixers | Droplet size distributions were determined by stabilizing in gelatin and measurement of the distributions by means of computerized image analysis. Several variables that affect droplet sizes were studied and the resulting size distributions were modeled via a population balance equation. Key paramet... | Gelatin; Phases; Agitating | 1981 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Fall speed measurement and high-resolution multi-angle photography of hydrometeors in free fall | We describe here a new instrument for imaging hydrometeors in free fall. The Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC) captures high-resolution photographs of hydrometeors from three angles while simultaneously measuring their fall speed. Based on the stereoscopic photographs captured over the two months ... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fast flotation with an air-sparged hydrocyclone | The status of the research programme on air-sparged hydrocyclones at the University of Utah is presented. Fast flotation of coal, oil shale, and copper porphyry ore has been demonstrated with capacities far exceeding those of conventional flotation cells. In addition to the performance characteris... | Cells; Capacity; Froth | 1984 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Fast numerical modeling of multitransmitter electromagnetic data using multigrid quasi-linear approximation | Multitransmitter electromagnetic (EM) surveys are widely used in remote-sensing and geophysical exploration. The interpretation of the multitransmitter geophysical data requires numerous three-dimensional (3-D) modelings of the responses of the receivers for different geoelectrical models of comple... | Multitransmitter electromagnetic data; Numerical modeling; Multigrid quasi-linear approximation; Quasilinear approximation; geophysical exploration; 3-D modeling | 2006-06 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fine coal flotation in a centrifugal field with an air sparged hydrocyclone | Preliminary results are reported regarding the design and development of a pilot scale air sparged hydrocyclone for cleaning fine coal 590 \xm ("28 mesh) containing 24% ash and 1.6% sulfur. The principle of separation is the flotation of hydrophobic coal particles in the centrifugal field generated... | rocyclones; Coal; Separation technology | 1982 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Fine coal washability-liberation analysis by cone-beam X-Ray microtomography | A new method based on cone-beam x-ray microtomography is described for direct determination of the three-dimensional liberation spectrum of multiphase particles 100 microns in size or less. Such a technique may provide the basis for more detailed and accurate washability analysis in fine coal chara... | Spectrum; Sink-float; Density | 1996 |
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Steenburgh, William James | Finescale orographic precipitation variability and gap-filling radar potential in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah | Finescale variations in orographic precipitation pose a major challenge for weather prediction, winter road maintenance, and avalanche forecasting and mitigation in mountainous regions. In this investigation, ground based X-band radar observations collected during intensive observing period 6 (IOP6)... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation behavior of chromium and manganese minerals | Flotation behavior of chromite and manganese-bearing minerals has been reviewed. Flotation of these minerals and ores with fatty acids, amines, sulfates, sulfonates and hydroxamates has been presented and is discussed in terms of surface charge and chemical interaction between the mineral surface ... | Concentration; Chromite; Deposits | 1986 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation behavior of digested Asphalt Ridge tar sand | The hot water process for Utah tar sands differs significantly from that used for Canadian tar sands due to inherent differences in respective bitumen viscosities and the nature of bitumen-sand association. These differences have led to the identification of certain design criteria necessary to ac... | Tar sand; Utah; Bitumen; Hot water separation; Froth flotation | 1981 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Flotation chemistry and technology of nonsulfide minerals | The dimensions of nonsulfide flotation technology extend in many directions, as might be expected from the diversity of the mineral classes, which include soluble salt minerals (potash, borax, and trona), semisoluble salt minerals (phosphate minerals, fluorite, calcite, and barite), and insoluble ox... | Flotation; Insoluble collectors; Salt minerals; Nonsulfide minerals | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation chemistry of nonsulfide minerals | The dimensions of nonsulfide flotation technology extend in many different directions, as might be expected from the diversity of t he mineral classes, which include soluble salt minerals (potash, borax, and trona), semi-soluble salt minerals (phosphate minerals, fluorite, calcite, and barite), ins... | Nonsulfide minerals; Hydrophobic surface state; Oleate adsorption | 2002 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation chemistry of soluble salt minerals: from ion hydration to colloid adsorption | In this paper, recent progress with respect to the flotation chemistry of soluble salt minerals is reviewed, and some of the more relevant issues including the hydration states of ions, the interfacial phenomena of salt surfaces and the flotation behavior of selected soluble salts are discussed. Due... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flotation of boron minerals: discussion | Experimental flotation/bubble attachment results for 21 different alkali halides (Yalamanchili et al., 1993; Yalamanchili and Miller, 1994b) confirmed that the flotation response of soluble salt minerals with weak electrolyte collectors can best be explained by the adsorption of oppositely charged ... | Flotation; Boron minerals; Salts; Adsorption | 1994 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Flotation recovery of high-purity gibbsite concentrates from a Brazilian bauxite ore | Recently research efforts have been made to obtain a high-purity gibbsite concentrate, suitable for first-class alumina refractories, from a Brazilian bauxite ore containing gibbsite (50%), quartz (35%),and kaolinite (15%). Detailed polished-section microprobe analysis was used to describe the ... | Gibbsite; Alumina | 1990 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Flow phenomena and its impact on air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation of quartz | Fluid flow phenomena and therefore the flotation efficiency of air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation are strongly dependent on operating and design variables such as air and slurry flow rates, underflow and overflow opening areas, percent solids of the feed, reagent levels, particle size and ASH... | Quartz; Flotation; Hydrocyclones | 1995 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Fluoride activation in oleate flotation of collophanite | Fluoride activation has been evaluated by Hallimond tube flotation of collophanite in terms of fluoride concentration, conditioning time, pH, and temperature. The results reveal that efficient oleate flotation of collophanite can be achieved by fluoride activation. Experimental results of fluoride... | Fluoride; Oleate; Collophanite; Flotation; Calcium; Chemisorption | 1987 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Focusing geophysical inversion images | A critical problem in inversion of geophysical data is developing a stable inverse problem solution that can simultaneously resolve complicated geological structures. The traditional way to obtain a stable solution is based on maximum smoothness criteria. This approach, however, provides smoothe... | Focusing; Geophysical inversion images; Minimum gradient support functionals; MGS | 1999 |
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Fernandez, Diego P. | Formulation for the static permittivity of water and steam at temperatures from 238 K to 873 K at pressures up to 1200 MPa, including derivatives and Debye- Hückel coefficients | A new formulation is presented of the static relative permittivity or dielectric constant of water and steam, including supercooled and supercritical states. The range is from 238 K to 873 K, at pressures up to 1200 MPa. The formulation is based on the ITS-90 temperature scale. It correlates a selec... | Static relative permittivity; Dielectric constant | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D.;Yu, Qiang | Fossil resin, a value-added product from western coal | Certain bituminous coals of the western United States are known to contain appreciable quantities of macroscopic fossil resin (resinite). Such resinous coals are found in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, etc. The Wasatch Plateau coal field in Utah (Figure 1)... | Resinite; Solvent refining; Wasatch Plateau; Hydrogenation | 1992 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Fracture toughness of two Cr2Hf+Cr intermetallic composites as a function temperature | Fracture toughness as a function of temperature was evaluated for two Cr2Hf+Cr intermetallic composites, each in two different microstructural conditions. The proeutectic microstructures based on Cr-6.5Hf (at%) showed a significant increase in fracture toughness with an increase from room temperatur... | Fracture toughness; Fracture resistance; Intermetallic composites; Proeutectic microstructures; Eutectic microstructures | 1994 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Free and emulsified oil removal by bubble accelerated flotation (BAF) | Operational data from full-scale field applications and pilot tests using the Bubble Accelerated Flotation ( B A R system for the treatment of wastewater are presented. The compact BAF system based on the air-sparged hydrocyclone technology was designed to remove pollutants from industrial waste and... | Bubble accelerated flotation; Air-sparged hydrocyclone; Flocculants; Oil-in-water emulsion | 1999 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Further considerations of magnetic deinking for wastepaper recycling mills | Magnetic de-inking has been shown to be an efficient process for the removal of certain toner particles from mixed office waste (MOW) furnishes. It is possible to achieve a dirt removal of 96% with the WHIMS (wet high intensity magnetic separator) if all toner particles present in the furnish are at... | Magnetic deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Mixed office waste; (MOW) | 1998 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Gains in economic energy efficiency as the impetus for increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide | Growth of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is frequently diagnosed as a product of population, per capita economic production, the energy intensity of economic production (or inverse of its energy efficiency), and the carbon intensity of energy. This paper introduces an alternative, p... | carbon dioxide, energy efficiency, economics | 2007-12-17 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | GCIP water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS) | As part of the World Climate Research Program's (WCRPs) Global Energy and Water-Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-scale International Project (GCIP), a preliminary water and energy budget synthesis (WEBS) was developed for the period 1996-1999 from the "best available" observations and models. | Hydrologic cycle; Water cycle; Water and energy budgets; Regional models; Land surface models | 2002 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Geochemical results from wireline logs in the Celebes Sea, Sites 767 and 770 of Leg 124 | Geochemical well logs were obtained at ODP Sites 767 and 770 in the Celebes Sea. The log data obtained at sea have been corrected for borehole size changes, the effects of drilling fluids, and logging-speed variations. The processed logs are then used to calculate the amounts of the three major ra... | | 1991 |
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Jewell, Paul | Geochemical variations in an alpine lake and watershed underlain by siliciclastic bedrock, Uinta Mountains, Utah | A small watershed which includes several small lakes in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah is underlain by monolithologic Precambrian siliciclastic rock with extremely limited buffering capacity. In spite of this, s\ stematic spatial and temporal variations in alkalinity, pH, and major elements oc... | | 1998-01-01 |
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Jewell, Paul | Geochemistry and paleoceanographic setting of Central Nevada bedded barites | The bedded barite deposits of central Nevada are hosted by rocks of the Roberts Mountains allochthon and constitute the largest barite reserves in North America. Detailed geochemical studies of three barite deposits in the Devonian Slaven Chert indicate that rocks surrounding the barite have elevate... | Bedded barites; Roberts Mountains allochthon; Late Devonian | 1991 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Geological development of the Omo-Turkana Basin during the pliocene and pleistocene epochs | Pliocene and Pleistocene deposits of the Omo-Turkana Basin extend from 6?N latitude to about 2?N latitude (-450 km), and laterally from about 35.5?E to 36.5?E. Sediments are brought to the basin by the Omo River which rises in Ethiopia, and by the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers which rise in Kenya and Uga... | | 2004 |
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Jewell, Paul | Geology and geothermal potential North of Wells, Nevada | This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency Thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, ... | Tertiary sediments; Siltstones; Conglomerates; Lithologies; Well logs; Aquifers; Step faults | 1982-01-01 |
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Jewell, Paul | The geology and geothermal setting of the Magic Reservoir Area, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho | The Magic Reservoir area straddles the Blaine- Camas county line in south-central Idaho, along the northern boundary of the central Snake River Plain. The rocks exposed at Magic Reservoir include a 5.8- million-year-old rhyolite flow, the Pliocene Square Mountain Basalt, multiple cooling units ... | | 1982 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Geometry of Pleistocene facies on the Great Barrier Reef outer shelf and upper slope - seismic stratigraphy of sites 819, 820, and 821 | Seismic stratigraphic analysis of the sedimentary succession intersected in Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Sites 819, 820, and 821, on the outer shelf and upper slope seaward of the Great Barrier Reef, provides a clear indication of the importance of sediment supply and depositional base-level as two ... | | 1993 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Geophysical properties of oceanic crust at Sites 768 and 770 | Velocity, density, resistivity, and neutron-porosity logs were recorded in virtually the entire 222-m-thick section of basaltic back-arc crust drilled at Site 768 and through the 106-m section of MORB crust at Site 770. Our analysis of these logs and comparison with measurements on discrete cores pe... | | 1991 |
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Chapman, David S. | Geothermics and climate change: 1. Analysis of borehole temperatures with emphasis on resolving power | Temperature-depth data from six boreholes in western Utah and nine boreholes in southeastern Utah are reanalyzed for evidence of ground surface temperature (GST) histories. We invert the temperature-depth data using the functional space inverse algorithm of Shen and Beck [1991, 1992] which we prefer... | Surface air temperature; Ground surface temperature; Borehole temperatures; Geothermal observations; Geothermics | 1998 |
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Chapman, David S. | Geothermics and climate change: 2. Joint analysis of borehole temperature and meteorological data | Long-period ground surface temperature variations contained in bore hole temperature-depth profiles form a complementary climate change record to high-frequency, but noisy surface air temperature (SAT) records at weather stations. We illustrate the benefits of jointly analyzing geothermal and meteo... | Surface air temperature; Ground surface temperature; Borehole temperatures; Geothermal observations; Heat transfer | 1998 |
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Chapman, David S. | Global warming - just hot air? | We know from weather station records that Earth's surface temperature has increased on average by 0.6 degrees C in the last 100 years. The 1990s have been the warmest decade on record. Over the same period, global sea level has increased by 10-20 cm. We know also that planet Earth has an atmosphere ... | Greenhouse Effect; Climate change | 1998 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Gold flotation from Colorado River sand with the air-sparged hydrocyclone | Pilot-scale tests indicate that effective concentration of fine gold from Colorado River sands can be achieved by flotation with the air-sparged hydrocyclone. The fine sands (55% -kOQ mesh and 0 01 opt *) from gravity concentration were processed with a 5-cm air-sparged hydrocyclone (capacity -1.0 t... | Gold; Hydrocyclones; Sand; Flotation | 1986 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Gombe group basalts and initiation of pliocene deposition in the Turkana depression, northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia | A little before 4 Ma ago, deposition of Pliocene and Pleistocene strata described as the Omo Group began in the Turkana and Omo basins of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. Soon after, basaltic magma erupted as thin lava flows, and intruded as dykes into the oldest Pliocene strata of the basin. T... | | 2004 |
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Chapman, David S.; Harris, Robert N.; Allis, Richard George | Gravity signals at the Geysers geothermal system | Three high-precision gravity and GPS surveys have been conducted over The Geysers geothermal reservoir and surrounding area. These surveys, in September 2000, April 2001, and September 2001, provide an initial baseline for future imaging studies of spatial mass changes from the Santa Rosa Efflu... | Ground water change; Gravity surveys | 2002 |
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Steenburgh, William James | Great Salt Lake-effect precipitation: observed frequency, characteristics, and associated environmental factors | This climatology examines the environmental factors controlling the frequency, occurrence, and morphology of Great Salt Lake-effect (GSLE) precipitation events using cool season (16 September-15 May) Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) imagery, radiosonde soundings, and MesoWest surfac... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Chapman, David S.; Picard, M. Dane | Heat flow in the Uinta Basin determined from bottom hole temperature (BHT) data | The thermal resistance (or Bullard) method is used to judge the utility of petroleum well bottom-hole temperature data in determining surface heat flow and subsurface temperature patterns in a sedimentary basin. Thermal resistance, defined as the quotient of a depth parameter AZ and thermal con... | Thermal analysis; Bottom hole temperature | 1984-04 |
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Miller, Jan D. | High resolution X-ray microtomography based micro finite element analysis of mechanical properties of cellular material | The macroscopic mechanical (elastic) properties of closed foams (ROHACELL) estimated from micro finite element analysis are reported in this paper. The complex 3D geometries of ROHACELL foams with different densities were analyzed using high resolution X-ray microtomography (HRXMT). The microstructu... | | 2013-01-01 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | High-resolution geochemical variations at Sites 723, 728, and 731: a comparison of X-ray fluorescence and geochemical logs | Geochemical logging is a routine part of the Ocean Drilling Program, yet the reliability of ODP geochemical logs has rarely been evaluated quantitatively. On ODP Leg 117, geochemical logs were obtained at Sites 723, 728, and 731. We report here an evaluation of ODP geochemical log quality based on h... | | 1991 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Horizontal sediments of the lower Omo valley: the kibish formation | The existence of old lacustrine deposits in the Lake Rudolf Basin was first recognized by Hohnel et al. (1891 : 20f., 134) and subsequently confirmed by the work of M. Sacchi (Angelis and Millosevich, 1900) and E. Brumpt (Bourg de Bozas, 1903: 107ff.), Fuchs (1935, 1939), Champion (1937), and Aramb... | | 1969 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydrometallurgy | The science and technology of hydrometallurgy and chemical processing continues to advance both at the laboratory level and in plant practice. In past decades, hydrometallurgy was rather limited in scope and received relatively little attention, being largely a laboratory curiosity. But curiosity i... | Hydrometallurgy; Chemical processing; Environment; Laboratory practice; Plant practice | 1972 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydrophobic character of semisoluble salt minerals with oleate as collector | The effects of temperature, oxygen partial pressure, and solution chemistry can have a significant effect on the hydrophobic character of semisoluble salt minerals with adsorbed oleate. Measurements of bubble-attachment time and contact angle reveal the sensitivity of these hydrophobic surfaces to c... | Flotation; Solution; Oleate | 1984 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydrophobicity and elemental composition of laser-printed toner films | Laser-printed toner films on a polymer support were treated with alkaline (NaOH) aqueous solutions at elevated temperature (80-85° C). These toner films were examined with a sessile-drop contact-angle measurement technique in order to establish the hydrophobicity of the toner surface. Also, X-ray p... | Ink; Fibers; Deinking | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Hydroxamate vs. fatty acid flotation of iron oxide | Data were obtained with hematite with octyl hydroxamate and oleate as collectors to determine the mechanism of collector adsorption and also to establish the roles that conditioning time and temperature assume in this system. The presence of hydroxy complexes of iron are apparently necessary for che... | Iron ore; Iron; Fatty acid; Hydroxy complexes | 1970 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Importance of bitumen viscosity in the hot-water processing of domestic tar sands | The separation efficiency of the hot water digestion-flotation technique used for bitumen recovery from various domestic tar sands was evaluated. Bitumen viscosity was found to be the most important tar sand property in determining the success of the bitumen separation. Bitumen viscosity of the tar ... | Tar sand; Bitumen viscosity; Flotation; Hot-water processing | 1983 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Influence of surfactants on interaction forces between polyethylene surfaces in a hydrocarbon solvent | The polyolefins, mainly polyethylene and polypropylene particles, are used as an active filler material in polymer-polymer blends and are being used for the modification of asphalts to provide for high-load, low-maintenance road construction. The stability of prepared blends depends on the interact... | Surfactants; Asphalt; Polymer; Polyolefins | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Infrared spectroscopy for in-situ characterization of surface reactions | Infrared spectroscopy has been one of the most useful experimental techniques for the analysis of surface reactions in flotation systems, including surface alteration and surfactant adsorption reactions. With the advent of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers, many low-energy throughpu... | Reflection; Flotation; Measurements | 1989 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Integral electric current method in 3-D electromagnetic modeling for large conductivity contrast | Abstract-We introduce a new approach to 3-D electromagnetic (EM) modeling for models with large conductivity contrast. It is based on the equations for integral current within the cells of the discretization grid, instead of the electric field or electric current themselves, which are used in the c... | Electromagnetic modeling; Integral electric current method; 3-D modeling; High conductivity contrast; Integral equations | 2007-05 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Integral equation method for 3D modeling of electromagnetic fields in complex structures with inhomogeneous background conductivity | We present a new formulation of the integral equation (IE) method for three-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) modeling in complex structures with inhomogeneous background conductivity (IBC). This method overcomes the standard limitation of the conventional IE method related to the use of a horiz... | 3-D modeling; Integral equation method; Marine controlled-source electromagnetic data; MCSEM; Gemini Prospect; Gulf of Mexico | 2006 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Interaction forces between ink particles, cellulose fibers and mineral fillers as determined by AFM | Recycling of wastepaper is an important industrial activity for the conservation of our natural resources. Wastepaper is mostly generated from newspaper and office waste (from photocopiers and laser printers) [1]. One important step in wastepaper recycling is the separation of ink from cellulose... | Solution; Wastepaper; Chemistry | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Nalaskowski, Jakub | Interaction forces between silica surfaces in aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene oxide)s | An understanding of forces responsible for the stability of dispersions of colloidal particles when interacting with each other in aqueous solutions is of great interest academically and industrially. When water-soluble polymers are adsorbed onto colloidal particles, various effects on the stabil... | Water-soluble polymers; Colloidal particles; Interaction forces | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Interaction forces between toner surfaces | The interaction of toner particles in aqueous solution is of interest with regard to both fundamental and practical aspects of de-inking processes. It has been established for the toner studied that the toner polymeric resin, that is, the block copolymer styrene-methyl methacrylate, more specifical... | Interaction forces; toner surfaces; PMMA | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Internal reflection spectroscopy for FTIR analysis of carboxylate adsorption by semi-soluble salt minerals | Flotation chemists have long sought to unravel the mechanisms of carboxylate collector adsorption by semi-soluble salt minerals. In particular, the adsorption density of adsorbed carboxylates, adsorption kinetics, speciation (chemisorbed, physisorbed), orientation, and conformation are of interest.... | Carboxylate collector adsorption; Salt minerals; Internal reflection spectroscopy | 1999 |
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Chapman, David S. | Inversion of bottom-hole temperature data: the Pineview field, Utah-Wyoming thrust belt | The present day temperature field in a sedimentary basin is a constraint on the maturation of hydrocarbons; this temperature field may be estimated by inverting corrected bottom-hole temperature (BHT) data. Thirty-two BHTs from the Pineview oil field are corrected for drilling disturbances by a Ho... | Thermal analysis; Bottom hole temperature; Inversion; Pineview Oil Field | 1988-05 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | Large-scale 3D inversion of marine magnetotelluric data: Case study from the Gemini prospect, Gulf of Mexico | Three-dimensional magnetotelluric (MT) inversion is an emerging technique for offshore hydrocarbon exploration. We have developed a new approach to the 3D inversion of MT data, based on the integral equation method. The Tikhonov regularization and physical constraint have been used to obtain a stab... | | 2011 |
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Zhdanov, Michael | Large-scale 3D inversion of potential field data | Inversion of gravity and/or magnetic data attempts to recover the density and/or magnetic susceptibility distribution in a 3D earth model for subsequent geological interpretation. This is a challenging problem for a number of reasons. First, airborne gravity and magnetic surveys are characterized b... | | 2011 |
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Chapman, David S.; Allis, Richard George | Late Neogene exhumation patterns in Taranaki Basin (New Zealand): evidence from offset porosity-depth trends | Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, is located adjacent to the Australian-Pacific Plate boundary where the tectonic regime changes from dominantly subduction-related to the north to transpression-related along the Alpine Fault to the south. During the Neogene, burial and exhumation varied extensively, in ... | Neogene; Uplift; Exhumation; Taranaki Basin; New Zealand | 1998 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Leaching of gold in acid thiourea-thiocyanate solutions using ferric sulfate as oxidant | The leaching of gold in ferric-thiourea-thiocyanate solutions has been studied by the rotating-disk technique. The effects of initial concentrations of ferric, thiourea (Tu), thiocyanate, temperature and pH value on gold leaching rate were studied. Determinations of apparent activation energy indica... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Localized S-inversion of time-domain electromagnetic data | Interpretation of time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) data over inhomogeneous geological structures is a challenging problem of geophysical exploration. The most widely used approach of interpreting TDEM data is based on the smooth 1-D layered resistivity inversion. We have developed an effective t... | | 2002-01-01 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | The lower Omo basin | The boundaries of the Lower Omo Basin have been mapped by Fuchs (1939) and by Butzer (1970, 1971) in a general way. The structural features and physiography of the eastern and central part of the Lower Omo Basin are best expressed on the maps of Davidson et al. (1973). Walsh and Dodson (1969) have m... | | 1983 |
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Fernandez, Diego P. | Lowering the detection limit for arsenic: implications for a future practical quantitation limit | Exposure to arsenic (As) in drinking water is associated with an increased risk ol bladder, liver, kidney, ,ind skin cancers (Smith et al, 2002; NRG DIEGO P. FERNANDEZ, 2001). To mitigate these risks? the US Environmental Protection Agency AND JANET G. HERING (USEPA) revised the maximum contaminant ... | Practical quantitation limit; Chlorine | 2007 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Magnetic separation for wastepaper recycle mills | An alternative approach to the conventional washing and flotation techniques for de-inking of mixed office waste (MOW) is magnetic separation. The use of magnetic de-inking has great potential to improve the efficiency of ink removal due to the magnetic content of toners. It is shown experimen... | Deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Magnetic separation | 1997 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | The magnetostratigraphy of ocean drilling program leg 105 sediments | During Leg 105 of the Ocean Drilling Program, a series of 11 holes was drilled at three sites along a north-south transect in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea. Intermittent recovery and drilling disturbance, resulting in part from the harsh weather conditions encountered, hampered magnetostratigraph... | | 1989 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Magnetostratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation, Lake Turkana, Kenya | The Koobi Fora Formation, a Pliocene and Pleistocene sequence of sedimentary deposits northeast of Lake Turkana, has yielded numerous fossils and stone artifacts of early hominids. Stratigraphic correlation of the hominid-bearing deposits throughout the Turkana region was established primarily by th... | | 1986 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Magnetostratigraphy of the shungura and usno formations, lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia | | | 1976 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Magnetostratigraphy of the shungura and usno formations, Southwestern Ethiopia: new data and comprehensive reanalysis | | | 1978 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Mercury control in the cyanidation of gold ores | The control of mercury during gold cyanidation is of particular interest to the gold mining industry. Typically, mercury(II) is released as cyano complexes during leaching and follows gold through the solution concentration and purification step (carbon adsorption and electrowinning or zinc cementat... | Gold cyanidation; solvation extraction; selective cementation | 1996 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Metal ion activation in xanthate flotation of quartz | Quartz cannot be floated with potassium amyl xanthate as collector at any pH. Complete flotation is achieved with certain minimal additions of amyl xanthate and Pbtt from pH 5.8 to 8.5 and with amyl xanthate and Znt+ from pH 7.5 to 8.1. The active species of these metal ions responsible for activ... | pH (Chemistry); Xanthate flotation; Metal ions | 1965 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Methodology for detailed liberation analysis in mineral processing technology | A transformation equation can be used to describe the relationship between the one, two and three dimensional information regarding the composition of mineral particles of specified size. Linear or areal grade distributions f(gi) can be transformed to an estimate of the volumetric grade distribution... | Volumetric grade; Grade; Distribution | 1986 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Methods of dating | The fossil record of primates begins in the latest Cretaceous period, so primate palaeontologists are interested in techniques of dating applicable over the past 70 million years. Fossil bones themselves are rarely datable with any precision, and these are mainly of late Pleistocene or Holocene age.... | | 1992 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Microscopic observations of bitumen spreading at gas bubble surfaces | Bitumen spreading at gas bubble surfaces was observed through a stereoscopic microscope for Whiterocks oil sand samples submerged in alkaline solutions. This phenomenon was also observed for model systems where air bubbles were placed al the surface of bitumen-coated quartz slide. Finally, the film ... | Hydrophobic minerals; Oil sand; Gas bubbles | 1995 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Microstructure and thermal conductivity of thermal barrier coatings processed by plasma spray and physical vapor deposition techniques | The temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of multilayer coatings made by a plasma spray technique as well as some coatings made by physical vapor deposition (PVD) was investigated. The multilayer coatings consisted of a varying number of layers of AI2O3 and Zr02 stabilized by 8%Y203. Pl... | Thermal barrier coatings; Multilayer coatings; Plasma spray technique | 1996 |
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Chapman, David S.; Harris, Robert N. | Mid-Latitude (30°-60° N) climatic warming inferred by combining borehole temperatures with surface air temperatures | We construct a mid-latitude (30°-60° N) reduced temperature-depth profile from a global borehole temperature database compiled for climate reconstruction. This reduced temperature profile is interpreted in terms of past surface ground temperature change and indicates warming on the order of 1°C... | Surface air temperature; Surface ground temperature; Borehole temperatures; Geothermal observations | 2001 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Milankovitch paleoceanographic cycles in geophysical logs from ODP Leg 105, Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay | Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Sites 645 and 646, in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea, respectively, were logged following drilling during Leg 105. Geophysical logs in ODP drill sites yield long, continuous records of sedimentary sequences and thus provide the opportunity for examining evidence of peri... | | 1990 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Mineral processing fundamentals | The reported claims in several Russian articles that magnetic fields change the viscosity and other basic properties of water and as a result produce beneficial effects such as increased flotation rate, improved grades and recovery, and increased settling rates appear to be unfounded. This conclusi... | Minerals; Processing; Magnetic fields; Metallurgy; Water | 1971 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Minerals beneficiation in '69 steps up tonnage, engineering, environmental control and automation: size analysis and flotation chemistry highlighted by basic science researchers | The application of computers to the control and study of mineral processing operations such as grinding, classification and notation has created an interest in simulation studies of these operations with mathematical models. Evidence of this interest is confirmed by papers presented at the 1969 Int... | Mineral processing; Computer simulations; Mathematical models | 1970 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Modes of growth in dynamic systems | Regardless of a system's complexity or scale, its growth can be considered to be a spontaneous thermodynamic response to a local convergence of down-gradient material flows. Here it is shown how system growth can be constrained to a few distinct modes that depend on the time integral of past flows a... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Modulated Cr(III) oxidation in KOH solutions at a gold electrode: competition between disproportionation and stepwise electron transfer | The electrochemical oxidation of aqueous Cr(III) was examined using cyclic voltammetry with a polycrystalline Au electrode in KOH solutions of varying pH and Cr(III) concentration. The mechanism and kinetics for the oxidation of Cr(III) is a quasi-reversible diffusion-controlled reaction and is larg... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Molecular dynamics simulations of metal-cyanide complexes: fundamental considerations in gold hydrometallurgy | This study utilizes molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) in order to evaluate the hydration state and the characteristics of metal-cyanide anions in aqueous solutions. Cyanide complexes of gold, silver, zinc, mercury, and copper were examined. Tetracyano anions of zinc and mercury showed the highest... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Molybdenite flotation from copper/molybdenum concentrates by ozone conditioning | Typically, rougher molybdenite flotation and recovery from bulk copper/molybdenum concentrates involves the use of alkalisulfides, Nokes reagents, cyanides, oxidants, and/or thermal treatment to depress copper sulfide minerals. The bulk copper/molybdenum feed generally varies from 0.2% Mo to 1.0% M... | Molybdenum; Copper; Flotation; Ozone conditioning | 1990 |
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Chapman, David S. | Monitoring aquifer recharge using repeated high-precision gravity measurements: a pilot study in South Weber, Utah | Repeated high-precision gravity surveys were conducted over two infiltration cycles on an alluvial-fan aquifer system at the mouth of Weber Canyon in northern Utah as part of the Weber River Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Pilot Project (WRBASR). Gravity measurements collected before, during, an... | Aquifer recharge; Gravity measurements; Infiltration ponds; Weber River Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery Pilot Project | 2008 |
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Reichler, Thomas J. | Multidecadal drought cycles in the Great Basin recorded by the Great Salt Lake: modulation from a transition-phase teleconnection | This study investigates the meteorological conditions associated with multidecadal drought cycles as revealed by lake level fluctuation of the Great Salt Lake (GSL). The analysis combined instrumental, proxy, and simulation datasets, including the Twentieth Century Reanalysis version 2, the North Am... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Multiphase flow characteristics of gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | A new high-efficiency technology has been developed for flotation deinking of various wastepaper grades. The GSC gas sparged hydrocyclone is a centrifugal device that operates at consistencies of 1 to 3 percent and uses conventional flotation chemistry. Research and development efforts have continue... | Wastepaper; Deinking; Gas sparged hydrocyclone flotation deinking | 1993 |
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Chandran, Ravi | Near threshold fatigue crack growth behaviour of a high strength steel: the effect of prior austenitic grain size | Near threshold fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a high strength steel under different prior austenitic grain sizes with constant tensile properties was investigated. Attention has been paid to the observation of facture modes at thresh-; old in different grain sizes. The observations indicate ... | High strength steel; Crack growth; Austenitic grain size | 1987 |
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Fernandez, Diego P. | Near-criticality in dilute binary mixtures: distribution of azulene between coexisting liquid and vapor carbon dioxide | The equilibrium distribution of dilute solutes between vapor and liquid coexisting phases of near-critical solvents exhibits a simple dependence on the solvent's liquid density which extends over a wide temperature range; however, theory predicts this dependence only as an asymptotic limit. In order... | Near-critical solvents; Azulene; Binary mixtures; Dilute solutions | 2002 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | New approach to interpretation of airborne magnetic and electromagnetic data | We present a new technique for underground imaging based on the idea of space-frequency filtering and downward continuation of the observed airborne magnetic and electromagnetic data. The technique includes two major methods. The first method is related to the downward analytical continuation and ... | | 1996-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | New developments in mixing, flocculation and flotation for industrial wastewater pretreatment and municipal wastewater treatment | Solid/liquid separations are commonly the first step in any wastewater treatment. Such technologies are mature and new developments are rare. However, in the last decade some significant improvements in separation techniques for industrial waste water pretreatment have been implemented. Advances in ... | Wastewater treatment; Flocculation; Flotation; Industrial wastewater pretreatment; Sludge thickening; Mixing | 2005 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | No way out? the double-bind in seeking global prosperity alongside mitigated climate change | In a prior study (Garrett, 2011), I introduced a simple economic growth model designed to be consistent with general thermodynamic laws. Unlike traditional economic models, civilization is viewed only as a well-mixed global whole with no distinction made between individual nations, economic sectors,... | | 2012-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Noncyanide leaching of an auriferous pyrite ore from Ecuador | Gold leaching of an auriferous pyrite ore from the Portovelo deposit in Ecuador indicates that noncyanide leaching systems, such as thiocyanate and thiourea, are not as effective as the traditional cyanide system. For example, whereas approximately 95% of the gold can be leached from the ore with cy... | Gold leaching; Refractory ores; Thiocyanate; Thiourea | 2000 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Nonsulfide flotation technology and plant practice | There are hundreds of nonsulfide mineral flotation plants throughout the United States, and most have a plant design that depends upon the specific ore characteristics and the market specifications for their product. There is no common thread of technology between the design and processing of diffe... | Flotation; Minerals; Processing plants | 2002 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Novel approach to the model appraisal and resolution analysis of regularized geophysical inversion | The existing techniques for appraisal of geophysical inverse images are based on calculating the model resolution and the model covariance matrices. In some applications, however, it becomes desirable to evaluate the upper bounds of the variations in the solution of the inverse problem. It is possib... | Geophysical inversion; Electromagnetic modeling; Cauchy inequality; Resolution analysis; Lanczos decomposition method; SLDM; Voisey's Bay; 3-D modeling | 2006 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Novel basis for interpreting recent acceleration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions | This paper presents a simple thermodynamic model for understanding economic and carbon dioxide emissions growth. | Thermodynamics; Economics; Climate; Growth | 2008 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Yost, Garold S.; Veranth, John M. | Novel method to detect unlabeled inorganic nanoparticles and submicron particles in tissue by sedimentation field-flow fractionation | A novel methodology to detect unlabeled inorganic nanoparticles was experimentally demonstrated using a mixture of nano-sized (70 nm) and submicron (250 nm) silicon dioxide particles added to mammalian tissue. The size and concentration of environmentally relevant inorganic particles in a tissue sa... | Sedimentation field-flow fractionation; Transmission electron microscopy; Tissue digestion | 2008 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Observations on the stratigraphy and rediometric age of the omo beds, lower omo basin, southern Ethiopia | During September and October, 1966, the author measured a stratigraphic section for a portion of the Omo Beds, as exposed north of Kalam, Ethiopia. Additional field observations were also made at the time in other parts of the lower Omo Basin. Samples were collected for analysis and for radiometric ... | | 1969 |
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Garrett, Timothy J. | Observed influence of riming, temperature, and turbulence on the fallspeed of solid precipitation | Forecasts of the amount and geographic distribution of snow are highly sensitive to a model's parameterization of hydrometeor fallspeed. Riming is generally thought to lead to particles with a higher mass and terminal velocity. Yet models commonly assume that heavily rimed particles such as graupel ... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | On the environment of Aramis a comment on White in Domínguez-Rodrigo | Department of Geology, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 Sutton Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, U.S.A. (Cerling and Brown) (thure.cerling@utah.edu)/ Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, U.S.A. (Wynn). This paper was submitted 9 I 14 and acce... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | On-line washability analysis for the control of coarse coal cleaning circuits | In view of the success of recent laboratory studies using X-ray computed tomography (CT) to determine coal washability and with the availability of high-speed CT systems, it now seems possible to design an on-stream washability system for the control of coarse coal-cleaning circuits. Design features... | On-stream washability; CT analyzer; Coal washability | 1995 |
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Rajamani, Raj | Online SAG mill pulse measurement and optimization semi-annual technical progress report | The grinding efficiency of semi autogenous milling or ball milling depends on the tumbling motion of the total charge within the mill. Utilization of this tumbling motion for efficient breakage of particles depends on the conditions inside the mill. However, any kind of monitoring device to measure... | | 2006 |
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Jarrard, Richard D. | Origin of seismic reflectors within carbonate-rich sediments from northeastern Australian margin | We use continuous velocity records from 12 sites and continuous density records from 9 sites from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 133 to examine both direct and indirect controls on seismic reflectors and depth-to-time conversion for the northeastern Australian margin. In these carbonate-rich sedim... | | 1993 |
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Jewell, Paul | Paleoredox conditions and the origin of bedded barites along the Late Devonian North American continental margin | The most important controls of the redox state of natural waters are the flux of organic matter from the photic zone, the degree of physical mixing, and oxygen concentrations of any connecting water masses. In coastal upwelling zones, these factors can be described with a simple box model constraine... | Bedded barites; Late Devonian; Continental margin; Redox state | 1994 |
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Zhdanov, Michael S. | Parameter estimation for 3-D geoelectromagnetic inverse problems | Parameter estimation in geoelectromagnetics aims to obtain the most important parameters of a well-defined conductivity model of the Earth. These parameters are features of typical geological structures, such as depth and size of conductive or resistive targets, angle of dike inclination and its le... | | 1999-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle damage and exposure analysis in HPGR crushing of selected copper ores for column leaching | In mining operations, jaw and gyratory crushers are generally used for primary crushing, and cone crushers are used for secondary crushing. During the past decade, however, High-Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) are being considered due to potential processing benefits such as energy savings, improved ... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle interactions in kaolinite suspensions and corresponding aggregate structures | The surface charge densities of the silica face surface and the alumina face surface of kaolinite 13 particles, recently determined from surface force measurements using atomic force microscopy, 14 show a distinct dependence on the pH of the system. The silica face was found to be negatively 15 char... | | 2011-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh | Particle size distribution for copper heap leaching operations as established from 3D mineral exposure analysis by X-ray microCT | The particle size distribution (PSD) for copper heap leaching is an important consideration in the design and operation of any copper heap leaching facility. High-resolution 3D X-ray microtomography (XMT) can be used for the direct determination of the percentage of exposed valuable mineral grains i... | Particle size distribution; Leaching; X-ray microtomography | 2003 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Particle size segregation on a belt conveyor | Particle size segregation is a common phenomenon in many particulate processes and has many undesirable effects. The size segregation which occurs on a belt conveyor causes a serious problem for on-line particle size measurement using image-based techniques. Whether particle size distributions mea... | Particles; Size; Belt conveyors; Modelling | 1997 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Lin, Chen-Luh; Yu, Qiang | PC image-based analysis system for particle characterization of deinked pulps | A low cost PC image-based particle analysis system is being developed for particle characterization of deinked pulps at the University of Utah. Initial R&D efforts of such an image analysis system were made for on-line particle characterization in the mineral processing field but now it has been fo... | Deinking; Paper pulp; Wastepaper; Image-based particle analysis | 1993 |
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Solomon, Douglas Kip | Persistence of artificial sweeteners in a 15-year-old septic system plume | Groundwater contamination from constituents such as NO3 -, often occurs where multiple sources are present making source identification difficult. This study examines a suite of major ions and trace organic constituents within a well defined septic system plume in southern Ontario, Canada (Long Poin... | | 2013-01-01 |
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Miller, Jan D. | Pilot-plant evaluation of a water insoluble hydroxamic acid collector for single stage flotation of Florida phosphate rock | Recent laboratory results have demonstrated that selective flotation of phosphate rock can be achieved in a single stage with improved separation efficiency when compared to the standard double float process. The new reagent chemistry is based on the use of a water insoluble alcoholic solution of ... | Phosphate rock; Flotation; Double float; Separation | 2006 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Pleistocene rhyolite of the mineral mountains, Utah geothermal and archeological significance | | | 1978 |
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Brown, Francis Harold | Pliocene/pleistocene formations in the lower omo basin, southern Ethiopia | Following a two month geological reconnaissance by one of us (FHB) in 1966, four seasons of fieldwork by members of the Omo Research Expedition has added greatly to our previous, scanty knowledge of the late Cenozoic history of the lower Omo basin in southern Ethiopia. Eduard Suess (in: von Hohnel ... | | 1970 |
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Miller, Jan D.; Hupka, Jan | Potential of air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation in environmental technology | Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation is a high capacity flotation technology originally developed in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah for processing mineral resources. However, the technology has been found to be useful in industrial waste processing, recycli... | De-inking; Capacity; Recycling | 1992 |
