Reported tailings dam failures. A review of the European incidents in the worldwide context

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 846-852

  Rico, M ^a   Benito, G ^b   Salgueiro, A R ^c   Diez Herrero A ^d   Pereira, H G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental hazards; Europe; Mine tailings; Mono and multivariate statistical analysis; Tailings dam failures

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; MINE TAILINGS; TAILINGS DAM FAILURES;

TAILINGS;

RAIN;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TAILINGS;

DAM FAILURE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEGISLATION; LIQUEFACTION; MINE DRAINAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TAILINGS DAM;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUEFACTION; MINE TAILINGS; SLUDGE;

DISASTERS; EUROPE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 39849095245     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.07.050     Document Type: Article

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