Combination of sequential chemical extraction and modelling of dam-break wave propagation to aid assessment of risk related to the possible collapse of a roasted sulphide tailings dam

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5761-5771

  Pérez López, Rafael ^a,b   Sáez, Reinaldo ^b   Álvarez Valero, Antonio M ^b,c   Nieto, José Miguel ^c   Pace, Gaetano ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Advanced Computer Systems SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Almagrera tailing dam; Bio available contaminants; Numerical modelling; Risk analysis; Waste spillage

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ALMAGRERA TAILING DAM; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIO-AVAILABILITY; BIO-AVAILABLE CONTAMINANTS; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; DAM-BREAKS; FLOW PROPERTIES; HIGH DENSITY; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; LABILE FRACTIONS; MINING DISTRICT; MOBILE FRACTIONS; MUD FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POTENTIAL RISKS; RIVER VALLEY; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEQUENTIAL CHEMICAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SULPHIDE ORES; SULPHURIC ACID PRODUCTION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TAILING DAM; TAILINGS DAM;

CALCINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOTATION; IMPURITIES; LANDFORMS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OCEANOGRAPHY; ORE TREATMENT; PYRITES; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; SULFURIC ACID; TAILINGS; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

SULFIDE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFIDE; TAILINGS DAM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; FLOODING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINE TAILINGS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPILLAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IRON; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; SULFIDES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 70249115067     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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