Tailings Dams is a type of engineered barrier structure designed to impound the fine-grained byproducts of mineral processing, distinguished from other containment systems by its specific function of storing chemically treated and physically separated waste materials generated during mining operations.
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Reported tailings dam failures
M. Rico, Gerardo Benito, Ana Rita Salgueiro et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials · 2007 · 560 citations
A global-scale data set of mining areas
Victor Maus, Stefan Giljum, Jakob Gutschlhofer et al. · Scientific Data · 2020 · 273 citations · Full text
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Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto, Brazil
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27 publications
2K citations
Chongqing University
Chongqing, China
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29 publications
1.7K citations
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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23 publications
555 citations
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
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Kunming University of Science and Technology
Kunming, China
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28 publications
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University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Luleå University of Technology
Luleå, Sweden
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Central South University
Changsha, China
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- Canadian Geotechnical Journal
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- Mine Water and the Environment
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- Engineering Geology
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