Marine Tailings Disposal Simulation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-383

  Findikakis, Angelos N ^a,b   Law, Adrian W K ^c  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITION RATES; FORECASTING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TAILINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLURRIES;

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DEEPWATER; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; MINE TAILINGS; RECEIVING WATER BODIES; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TAILING DISPOSAL; TIME INCREMENTS; WATERBODIES;

DIGITAL STORAGE; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

MARINE TAILINGS;

DISPOSAL SITE; MINE; TAILINGS;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; MINING WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION DISPERSION; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

EID: 0032052962     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1998)124:4(370)     Document Type: Article

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