Failure of Tapo Canyon tailings dam

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Harder Jr , Leslie F ^a,c   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b,c  

^a California Dept of Water Resour   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c ASCE ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAINAGE; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEOLOGY; LIQUEFACTION; TAILINGS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BREACH; DOWNSTREAM DISPLACEMENTS; ECONOMIC LOSSES; TAPO CANYON TAILINGS DAM;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

TAILINGS DAM;

EID: 0030202021     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(1996)10:3(109)     Document Type: Article

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