Mamert Mbonimpa

Mamert Mbonimpa, Dr.-Ing

Professeur titulaire

Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME)

Campus de Rouyn-Noranda

Local :: F-103
Téléphone :: 819 762-0971 poste 2618
Sans frais :: +1 877 870-8728 poste 2618

Courriel :: mamert.mbonimpa@uqat.ca

Formation

Dr.-Ing. en géotechnique (Université de Hanovre, Allemagne, 1994-1998)
« Magister » en géotechnique et infrastructures (Université de Hanovre, Allemagne, 1991-1993)
Ingénieur civil en génie civil (Université du Burundi, 1981-1987)

Domaines d'expertise

Géotechnique environnementale et minière
Mécanique des sols, incluant sols non saturés
Hydrogéologie classique et environnementale
Rhéologie et transport de résidus miniers
Gestion environnementale des rejets miniers
Techniques de restauration des sites miniers générateurs de DMA

Publications

Source : ORCID(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2025

Consistency and Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfills Prepared with Tailings with Varying Free Muscovite Content
Article de journal
Mining
DOI: 10.3390/mining5010010(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2024

Geomembrane displacement monitoring system installed in a multilayered cover at the Aldermac mine site
Article de conférence
E3S Web of Conferences
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202456919001(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2023

Optimization of Soil-Sludge Mixtures by Compaction for Potential Use in Mine Site Reclamation
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min13060806(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Properties of HDPE Geomembrane Exhumed 20 Years After Installation in a Mine Reclamation Cover System
Article de journal
International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering
DOI: 10.1007/s40891-022-00421-y(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2022

Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the properties of polyethylene geomembranes
Article de journal
Geosynthetics International
DOI: 10.1680/jgein.21.00043a(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Evaluation of the Performances of a Monolayer Cover with an Elevated Water Table Used for the Reclamation of the Abandoned Aldermac Mine Site (Québec, Canada)
Article de journal
Mining
DOI: 10.3390/mining2010005(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Rheological characterization of cemented paste backfills containing superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)
Article de journal
Construction and Building Materials
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125863(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2021

Evaluation of mine site reclamation performance using physical models: Case of Ity mine (Ivory coast)
Article de journal
Journal of African Earth Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104110(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part i: Laboratory determination and influence on the consistency
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min11111165(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part ii: Influence on the rheological and mechanical properties and practical applications
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min11111159(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2020

A geochemical evaluation of a monolayer cover with an elevated water table for the reclamation of the Doyon-Westwood tailings ponds, Canada
Article de journal
Environmental Earth Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-019-8797-8(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Influence of frozen conditions on the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated porous materials
Article de journal
Acta Geotechnica
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-018-0690-1(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Laboratory study of low-sulfide tailings covers with elevated water table to prevent acid mine drainage
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2018-0875(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Rational design of waste rock (MUCK) barricades (WRBS) as paste backfill-retaining structures
Article de conférence
Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development- Proceedings of the 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, ISRM 2019
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2019

Dewatering of mine tailings slurries using superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) reclaimed from industrial reject of baby diapers: A preliminary study
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min9120785(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part I: Numerical prediction of thermal curing conditions within the cemented paste backfill matrix
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min9030165(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part II: Effect of declining curing temperature on the short-term unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills
Article de journal
Minerals
DOI: 10.3390/min9030172(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2018

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part II: Impervious base
Article de journal
Indian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1007/s40098-017-0242-x(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating the pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part i: Pervious base
Article de journal
Indian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1007/s40098-017-0234-x(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Assessment of rheological parameters of high density cemented paste backfill mixtures incorporating superplasticizers
Article de journal
Construction and Building Materials
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.066(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Effect of superplasticizers on the consistency and unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills
Article de journal
Construction and Building Materials
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.05.288(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2017

Comparison between the predictive modified Kovács model and a simplified one-point method measurement to estimate the water retention curve
Article de journal
Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2016.1218476(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Effects of superplasticizer on rheological properties of cemented paste backfills
Article de journal
International Journal of Mineral Processing
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2017.02.003(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Use of acid mine drainage treatment sludge by combination with a natural soil as an oxygen barrier cover for mine waste reclamation: Laboratory column tests and intermediate scale field tests
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.11.017(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2016

Experimental Characterization of the Shrinkage and Water Retention Behaviour of Tailings from Hard Rock Mines
Article de journal
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-015-9942-0(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Field Experiments to Test the Elevated Water Table Concept Combined with a Desulfurized Tailings Cover Layer
Article de conférence
Geotechnical Special Publication
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480137.029(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the performance of covers with capillary barrier effects made of crushed rock–bentonite mixtures to control oxygen migration
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2015-0155(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Preliminary geotechnical assessment of the potential use of mixtures of soil and acid mine drainage neutralization sludge as materials for the moisture retention layer of covers with capillary barrier effects
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2014-0319(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Review of the Reclamation Techniques for Acid-Generating Mine Wastes upon Closure of Disposal Sites
Article de conférence
Geotechnical Special Publication
DOI: 10.1061/9780784480137.034(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2015

Curing time effect on consolidation behaviour of cemented paste backfill containing different cement types and contents
Article de journal
Construction and Building Materials
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.11.008(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Laboratory Column Experiment to Evaluate Oxygen Diffusion through Covers with Capillary Barrier Effects Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles
Article de conférence
Proceedings of the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering
DOI: 10.1061/9780784479315.004(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Valorisation of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 1: Material characterization and laboratory kinetic testing
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.015(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 2: Field experimentation
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.10.020(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2014

Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0264-x(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2013

Conversion of the modified kov́cs model parameters tothe brooks and corey and van genuchten model parameters for the water retention curve of sandy and silty soils
Article de journal
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000563(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Determination of the reaction rate coefficient of sulphide mine tailings deposited under water
Article de journal
Journal of Environmental Management
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.06.037(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Field Study of the Chemical and Physical Stability of Highly Sulphide-Rich Tailings Stored Under a Shallow Water Cover,Field Study der chemische und physikalische Stabilität von hoch sulfidreichen Tailingsmaterialen gelagert unter einem flachen Wasser Abdeckung
Article de journal
Mine Water and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-012-0213-5(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2012

A modified oxygen consumption test to evaluate gas flux through oxygen barrier cover systems
Article de journal
Geotechnical Testing Journal
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103621(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Predicting Hysteresis of the Water Retention Curve from Basic Properties of Granular Soils
Article de journal
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-012-9529-y(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2011

Field investigation of a suction break designed to control slope-induced desaturation in an oxygen barrier
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/T10-045(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Oxygen consumption test to evaluate the diffusive flux into reactive tailings: Interpretation and numerical assessment
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/t11-015(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2009

Discussion on "Effects of different drying rates on shrinkage characteristics of a residual soil and soil mixtures" by Henry Krisdani, Harianto Rahardjo, Eng-Choon Leong [Engineering Geology 102 (2008) 31-37]
Article de journal
Engineering Geology
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.05.001(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Oxygen diffusion and consumption in low-sulphide tailings covers
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/T08-132(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2008

Column test investigation on the performance of monolayer covers made of desulphurized tailings to prevent acid mine drainage
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.11.006(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Optimisation of single-layer cover made of desulphurized tailings: Application to the doyon mine tailings impoundment
Article de conférence
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration - SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit 2008: "New Horizons - New Challenges"
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2007

Discussion "determination of the hydraulic conductivity function of a highly compressible material based on tests with saturated samples" by Parent, S.-E., Cabrai, A., Dell'Avanzi, E., and Zornberg, J.G
Article de journal
Geotechnical Testing Journal
DOI: 10.1520/gtj100643(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Field experimental cells to evaluate the hydrogeological behaviour of oxygen barriers made of silty materials
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/T06-120(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2006

A convenient graphical representation of compaction data
Article de journal
Geotechnical Testing Journal
DOI: 10.1520/gtj12695(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
A linear graphical method to predict the effect of compaction on the hydraulic conductivity of clay liners and covers
Article de journal
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-005-0031-0(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Measurement of oxygen consumption and diffusion in exposed and covered reactive mine tailings
Article de conférence
7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06021156(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Modification of the predictive MK model to integrate hysteresis of the water retention curve
Article de conférence
Geotechnical Special Publication
DOI: 10.1061/40802(189)210(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Predicting the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of granular soils from basic geotechnical properties using the modified Kovács (MK) model and statistical models
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/T06-044(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Predictive model for the water retention curve of deformable clayey soils
Article de journal
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:9(1121)(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Reactivity and mineralogical evolution of an underground mine sulphidic cemented paste backfill
Article de journal
Minerals Engineering
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.10.006(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2005

"Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman," by W. David Carrier III
Article de journal
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:11(1054)(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2004

A laboratory study of covers made of low-sulphide tailings to prevent acid mine drainage
Article de journal
Environmental Geology
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0919-6(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Measurement and prediction of the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated media, with applications to soil covers
Article de journal
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000036803.84061.e5(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2003

A model to predict the water retention curve from basic geotechnical properties
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/t03-054(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in unsaturated cover materials
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/t03-040(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2002

Practical pedotransfer functions for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity
Article de journal
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016046214724(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)
The management of mining discharges in a context of sustainable development and environmental protection,La gestion des rejets miniers dans un contexte de développement durable et de protection de l'environnement
Article de conférence
Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
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2001

Diffusion of oxygen through a pulp and paper residue barrier: Discussion
Article de journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-38-3-658(s'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)

2000

Simple hydraulic functions using basic tailings properties
Article de conférence
2000 Annual Conference Abstracts - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
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Domaines d'expertise

Publications

Consistency and Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfills Prepared with Tailings with Varying Free Muscovite Content

Geomembrane displacement monitoring system installed in a multilayered cover at the Aldermac mine site

Optimization of Soil-Sludge Mixtures by Compaction for Potential Use in Mine Site Reclamation

Properties of HDPE Geomembrane Exhumed 20 Years After Installation in a Mine Reclamation Cover System

Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the properties of polyethylene geomembranes

Evaluation of the Performances of a Monolayer Cover with an Elevated Water Table Used for the Reclamation of the Abandoned Aldermac Mine Site (Québec, Canada)

Rheological characterization of cemented paste backfills containing superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)

Evaluation of mine site reclamation performance using physical models: Case of Ity mine (Ivory coast)

Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part i: Laboratory determination and influence on the consistency

Specific mixing energy of cemented paste backfill, part ii: Influence on the rheological and mechanical properties and practical applications

A geochemical evaluation of a monolayer cover with an elevated water table for the reclamation of the Doyon-Westwood tailings ponds, Canada

Influence of frozen conditions on the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated porous materials

Laboratory study of low-sulfide tailings covers with elevated water table to prevent acid mine drainage

Rational design of waste rock (MUCK) barricades (WRBS) as paste backfill-retaining structures

Dewatering of mine tailings slurries using superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) reclaimed from industrial reject of baby diapers: A preliminary study

Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part I: Numerical prediction of thermal curing conditions within the cemented paste backfill matrix

Mine backfilling in the permafrost, part II: Effect of declining curing temperature on the short-term unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part II: Impervious base

An analytical solution of gibson’s model for estimating the pore water pressures in accreting deposition of slurried material under one-dimensional self-weight consolidation. Part i: Pervious base

Assessment of rheological parameters of high density cemented paste backfill mixtures incorporating superplasticizers

Effect of superplasticizers on the consistency and unconfined compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

Comparison between the predictive modified Kovács model and a simplified one-point method measurement to estimate the water retention curve

Effects of superplasticizer on rheological properties of cemented paste backfills

Use of acid mine drainage treatment sludge by combination with a natural soil as an oxygen barrier cover for mine waste reclamation: Laboratory column tests and intermediate scale field tests

Experimental Characterization of the Shrinkage and Water Retention Behaviour of Tailings from Hard Rock Mines

Field Experiments to Test the Elevated Water Table Concept Combined with a Desulfurized Tailings Cover Layer

Influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the performance of covers with capillary barrier effects made of crushed rock–bentonite mixtures to control oxygen migration

Preliminary geotechnical assessment of the potential use of mixtures of soil and acid mine drainage neutralization sludge as materials for the moisture retention layer of covers with capillary barrier effects

Review of the Reclamation Techniques for Acid-Generating Mine Wastes upon Closure of Disposal Sites

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

Laboratory Column Experiment to Evaluate Oxygen Diffusion through Covers with Capillary Barrier Effects Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles

Valorisation of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 1: Material characterization and laboratory kinetic testing

Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 2: Field experimentation

Laboratory study of highly pyritic tailings submerged beneath a water cover under various hydrodynamic conditions

Conversion of the modified kov́cs model parameters tothe brooks and corey and van genuchten model parameters for the water retention curve of sandy and silty soils

Determination of the reaction rate coefficient of sulphide mine tailings deposited under water

Field Study of the Chemical and Physical Stability of Highly Sulphide-Rich Tailings Stored Under a Shallow Water Cover,Field Study der chemische und physikalische Stabilität von hoch sulfidreichen Tailingsmaterialen gelagert unter einem flachen Wasser Abdeckung

A modified oxygen consumption test to evaluate gas flux through oxygen barrier cover systems

Predicting Hysteresis of the Water Retention Curve from Basic Properties of Granular Soils

Field investigation of a suction break designed to control slope-induced desaturation in an oxygen barrier

Oxygen consumption test to evaluate the diffusive flux into reactive tailings: Interpretation and numerical assessment

Discussion on "Effects of different drying rates on shrinkage characteristics of a residual soil and soil mixtures" by Henry Krisdani, Harianto Rahardjo, Eng-Choon Leong [Engineering Geology 102 (2008) 31-37]

Oxygen diffusion and consumption in low-sulphide tailings covers

Column test investigation on the performance of monolayer covers made of desulphurized tailings to prevent acid mine drainage

Optimisation of single-layer cover made of desulphurized tailings: Application to the doyon mine tailings impoundment

Discussion "determination of the hydraulic conductivity function of a highly compressible material based on tests with saturated samples" by Parent, S.-E., Cabrai, A., Dell'Avanzi, E., and Zornberg, J.G

Field experimental cells to evaluate the hydrogeological behaviour of oxygen barriers made of silty materials

A convenient graphical representation of compaction data

A linear graphical method to predict the effect of compaction on the hydraulic conductivity of clay liners and covers

Measurement of oxygen consumption and diffusion in exposed and covered reactive mine tailings

Modification of the predictive MK model to integrate hysteresis of the water retention curve

Predicting the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of granular soils from basic geotechnical properties using the modified Kovács (MK) model and statistical models

Predictive model for the water retention curve of deformable clayey soils

Reactivity and mineralogical evolution of an underground mine sulphidic cemented paste backfill

"Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman," by W. David Carrier III

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

Measurement and prediction of the oxygen diffusion coefficient in unsaturated media, with applications to soil covers

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

Diffusion and consumption of oxygen in unsaturated cover materials

Practical pedotransfer functions for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity

The management of mining discharges in a context of sustainable development and environmental protection,La gestion des rejets miniers dans un contexte de développement durable et de protection de l'environnement

Diffusion of oxygen through a pulp and paper residue barrier: Discussion

Simple hydraulic functions using basic tailings properties