Risk assessment and proposed remedial actions in coastal tailings disposal sites in Romania

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1179-1190

  Komnitsas, K ^a   Kontopoulos, A ^a   Lazar, I ^b   Cambridge, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c Knight Piesold Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental; Reclamation; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOTATION; RECLAMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

COASTAL TAILINGS;

ORE TAILINGS;

EID: 0032297923     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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