Tailings Dams Failures: Updated Statistical Model for Discharge Volume and Runout

This paper presents a statistical model to estimate the volume of released tailings (VF) and the maximum distance travelled by the tailings (Dmax) in the event of a tailings dam failure, based on physical parameters of the dams. The dataset of historical tailings dam failures is updated from the one...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paulina Concha Larrauri, Upmanu Lall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Environments
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/5/2/28