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Bruno Bussière is affiliated with the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Canada, focusing on research within the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Geophysics.

The primary research topics addressed by Bussière include:

  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Tailings management and properties
  • Soil and unsaturated flow
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Landfill environmental impact studies
  • Concrete and cement materials research
  • Climate change and permafrost

They have published frequently in several scientific journals, with the most common publication venues being:

  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Minerals
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events and surface water management at mine waste storage facilities (2020), Journal of Hydrology
  • Upstream environmental desulphurisation and valorisation of waste rocks as a sustainable AMD management approach (2020), Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Oxygen migration through a cover with capillary barrier effects colonized by roots (2020), Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Numerical Modeling of a Laboratory-Scale Waste Rock Pile Featuring an Engineered Cover System (2020), Minerals
  • Reactive transport modeling of the geochemical behavior of highly reactive tailings in different environmental conditions (2020), Applied Geochemistry

Bussière collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Benoît Plante
  • Marie Guittonny
  • Isabelle Demers
  • Vincent Boulanger-Martel
  • Mostafa Benzaazoua

Their work contributes to understanding and managing environmental challenges related to mining engineering and contaminated sites, with a particular focus on waste rock and tailings behavior, groundwater contamination, and the effects of climate change on these systems.

Best Publications

  • Passive treatment of acid mine drainage in bioreactors using sulfate-reducing bacteria: critical review and research needs.

    Carmen-Mihaela Neculita;Gérald J. Zagury;Bruno Bussière

  • A model to predict the water retention curve from basic geotechnical properties

    M Aubertin;M Mbonimpa;B Bussière;R P Chapuis

  • Colloquium 2004: Hydrogeotechnical properties of hard rock tailings from metal mines and emerging geoenvironmental disposal approaches

    Bruno BussièreB. Bussière

  • Chemical factors that influence the performance of mine sulphidic paste backfill

    Mostafa Benzaazoua;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière

  • Integrated mine tailings management by combining environmental desulphurization and cemented paste backfill: Application to mine Doyon, Quebec, Canada

    Mostafa Benzaazoua;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Isabelle Demers;Isabelle Demers;Michel Aubertin;Michel Aubertin

  • Practical pedotransfer functions for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity

    M. Mbonimpa;M. Aubertin;R. P. Chapuis;B. Bussière

  • Numerical simulations of pyrite oxidation and acid mine drainage in unsaturated waste rock piles.

    J.W. Molson;O. Fala;M. Aubertin;M. Aubertin;B. Bussière;B. Bussière

  • Microstructural evolution of cemented paste backfill: Mercury intrusion porosimetry test results

    Serge Ouellet;Serge Ouellet;Serge Ouellet;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Michel Aubertin;Michel Aubertin;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • The behavior of inclined covers used as oxygen barriers

    Bruno Bussière;Michel Aubertin;Robert P Chapuis

  • Curing time effect on consolidation behaviour of cemented paste backfill containing different cement types and contents

    Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière;Mamert Mbonimpa

  • Hydraulic conductivity of homogenized tailings from hard rock mines

    Michel Aubertin;Bruno Bussiere;Robert P Chapuis

  • Effect of curing under pressure on compressive strength development of cemented paste backfill

    Erol Yilmaz;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière

  • Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in unsaturated cover materials

    M Mbonimpa;M Aubertin;M Aachib;B Bussière

  • Relationships between microstructural properties and compressive strength of consolidated and unconsolidated cemented paste backfills

    Erol Yilmaz;Erol Yilmaz;Tikou Belem;Tikou Belem;Bruno Bussière;Bruno Bussière;Mostafa Benzaazoua

  • Kinetic tests comparison and interpretation for prediction of the Joutel tailings acid generation potential

    M. Benzaazoua;B. Bussière;A.-M. Dagenais;M. Archambault

  • A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

    B. Bussière;M. Benzaazoua;M. Aubertin;M. Mbonimpa

  • Valorization of Phosphate Waste Rocks and Sludge from the Moroccan Phosphate Mines: Challenges and Perspectives

    Rachid Hakkou;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière

  • Acid Mine Drainage at the Abandoned Kettara Mine (Morocco): 1. Environmental Characterization

    Rachid Hakkou;Mostafa Benzaazoua;Bruno Bussière

  • Analyses of water diversion along inclined covers with capillary barrier effects.

    M. Aubertin;M. Aubertin;M. Aubertin;E. Cifuentes;E. Cifuentes;E. Cifuentes;S. A. Apithy;S. A. Apithy;S. A. Apithy;B. Bussière;B. Bussière;B. Bussière

  • Environmental desulphurization of four Canadian mine tailings using froth flotation

    M Benzaazoua;B Bussière;M Kongolo;J McLaughlin

  • Numerical Modelling of Flow and Capillary Barrier Effects in Unsaturated Waste Rock Piles

    O. Fala;J. Molson;M. Aubertin;B. Bussière

Frequent Co-Authors

Mostafa Benzaazoua
Mostafa Benzaazoua Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Michel Aubertin
Michel Aubertin Polytechnique Montréal
John Molson
John Molson Université Laval
Carmen Mihaela Neculita
Carmen Mihaela Neculita University of Quebec
Robert P. Chapuis
Robert P. Chapuis Polytechnique Montréal
Erol Yilmaz
Erol Yilmaz Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval
Jeffrey M. McKenzie
Jeffrey M. McKenzie McGill University
John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
Barret L. Kurylyk
Barret L. Kurylyk Dalhousie University

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