Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Blight, Geoffrey
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton [Fla.] : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 634 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 622.028/6; Mineral industries -- Waste disposal; Waste disposal in the ground; Environmental geotechnology; Engineering geology; Soil mechanics; Environmental geotechnology; Geotechnical engineering; Mineral industries -- Waste disposal; Soil mechanics; Waste disposal in the ground; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mining; Engineering geology; Environmental geotechnology; Mineral industries -- Waste disposal; Soil mechanics; Waste disposal in the ground; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203859405; 9780203859407
• Related ISBNs: 0415468280; 9780415468282
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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