Application of correspondence analysis in the assessment of mine tailings dam breakage risk in the Mediterranean region

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Salgueiro, Ana Rita ^a   Pereira, Henrique Garcia ^a   Rico, Maria Teresa ^b   Benito, Gerado ^c   Díez Herreo, Andrés ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Preliminary risk evaluation; Qualitative regression; Supplementary projection; Tailings dam breakage

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INFORMATION USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; TAILINGS;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; PRELIMINARY RISK EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE REGRESSION; SUPPLEMENTARY PROJECTION; TAILINGS DAM BREAKAGE;

DAMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DAM FAILURE; DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MINE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINE TAILINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACCIDENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MINING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 39849088644     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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