Preventing catastrophic failures and mitigating environmental impacts of tailings storage facilities

Procedia Earth and Planetary Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1067-1071

  Fourie, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental; high density; tailings; thickened

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONTAMINATED WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL; EVOLVING DESIGN; HIGH-DENSITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINING OPERATIONS; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SOLIDS CONTENT; STORAGE FACILITIES; TAILINGS DEPOSITS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSUMPTION;

MINING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 71749086322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18785220     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2009.09.164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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