Monitoring river turbidity after a mine tailing dam failure using an empirical model derived from Sentinel-2 imagery

Monitoring river turbidity after a mine tailing dam failure using an empirical model derived from Sentinel-2 imagery

Abstract Sudden failure of a mine tailing dam occurred in the municipality of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on January 25, 2019. Approximately 12 million cubic meters of mine tailings discharged into the Paraopeba River, producing strong environmental and societal impacts, mainly due to a massiv...

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Main Authors: PEDRO L.B. CRIONI, ELIAS H. TERAMOTO, HUNG K. CHANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2023-05-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Mine tailings
Paraopeba river
Remote Sensing
Sentinel-2
turbidity
water quality
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652023000101102&lng=en&tlng=en

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