Rates and Causes of Tailings Dam Failures
This paper analyzes two tailings dam databases and recent failures to assess the local and global failure rates of upstream, downstream, and centerline raised tailings dams. Since 2000, the failure rate for all three raising methods has decreased except in Brazil, which helps explain the recent Braz...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Civil Engineering |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7895880 |