A tragic disaster caused by the failure of tailings dams leads to the formation of the Stava 1985 foundation

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Sammarco, Onofrio ^a  

^a Tuscan Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dam failure; Italy; Stava disaster; Tailings liquefaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944273702     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-004-0045-z     Document Type: Review

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