Floods from tailings dam failures

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Rico, M ^a   Benito, G ^b   Diez Herrero A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dam break; Dam failure; Mine waste; Risk analysis; Tailings pond

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DAMS; FLOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS;

DAM BREAK; DAM FAILURE; MINE WASTE; TAILINGS POND;

TAILINGS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DAMS; FLOODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; TAILINGS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM FAILURE; FLOOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MINE WASTE; OUTFLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS DAM;

ARTICLE; FLOOD TIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; POND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCIDENTS; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; NATURAL DISASTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 43049138355     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.09.110     Document Type: Article

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