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Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of the application of geotechnical engineering to site selection, site exploration, design, operation and closure of mine waste storage facilities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blight, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton [Fla.] : CRC Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Waste engineering, characteristics of mine wastes and types of waste storage
  • ch. 2. Selection of a site for storage of mine waste
  • ch. 3. Geotechnical exploration of sites for development of mine waste storages
  • ch. 4. Environmental and engineering characteristics of mine waste, including stress and strain analysis and laboratory shear testing
  • ch. 5. In situ shear strength testing of tailings and other waste materials and its interpretation
  • ch. 6. Measuring the coefficient of permeability in the laboratory and in situ, seepage flow nets, drains and linings, geosynthetics, geomembranes and GCL's
  • ch. 7. The mechanics of compaction
  • ch. 8. Methods for constructing impounding dykes for storing hydraulically transported tailings and other fine-grained wastes
  • ch. 9. Water control and functional and safety monitoring for hydraulic fill tailings storages and dry dumps. Safety appraisal. Special considerations for carbonaceous and radioactive wastes
  • ch. 10. Water balances for tailings storage facilities and dry waste dumps
  • ch. 11. Failures of mine waste storages
  • ch. 12. Surface stability of tailings storages slopes : erosion rates, slope geometry and engineered erosion protection
  • ch. 13. The use of mine waste for backfilling of mining voids and as a construction material.