Mine tailings integrated investigations: The case of Rio tailings (Panasqueira Mine, Central Portugal)

Engineering Geology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-372

  Grangeia, C ^a   Avila P ^a,b   Matias, M ^a   da Silva, E Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geophysics; GIS; Multidisciplinary; Strategy; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BEDROCK DEPTH; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; CIVIL PROTECTION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED METALS; GIS-DATABASE; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MILLING OPERATION; MINE TAILINGS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS; ORE EXTRACTION; PORTUGAL; REACTIVE METALS; SEDIMENT STRUCTURES; STRATEGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECISION MAKING; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTEGRATION; ORE TREATMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TAILINGS;

MINE SURVEYS;

BEDROCK; DECISION MAKING; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MINE WASTE; SEEPAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TAILINGS; TOPOGRAPHY;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PANASQUEIRA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 80655136963     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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