Enhancing the safety of tailings management facilities

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-345

  Meggyes, Tamás ^a   Niederleithinger, Ernst ^a   Witt, Karl Josef ^b   Csövari, Mihály ^c   Kreft Burman, Katarzyna ^d   Engels, Jon ^e   Mcdonald, Chris ^e   Roehl, Karl Ernst ^f  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^c Mecsek Öko Ltd   (Hungary)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extractive industry; Mining; Neutron logging; Non destructive testing; Parameter framework; Site investigation; Tailings; Tailings management facility; Tailings pond

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CIVIL AVIATION; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GARNETS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MANAGEMENT; METALS; MINERALS; POLLUTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SLURRIES; SULFATE MINERALS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

(001) PARAMETER; ADVANCED DESIGNS; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); FACILITIES DESIGN; HAZARDOUS WASTES; INTEGRATED RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; OF SENSORS; PARAMETER EVALUATION; PRIMARY PROCESSING; RISK REDUCTION (RR); ROMANIA; SAFETY STATE; SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT; TAILINGS DAMS; TAILINGS MANAGEMENT; TESTING METHODS;

FACILITIES;

EID: 46349085968     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380802143922     Document Type: Article

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