Browsing 2nd International Seminar on Dam Protection against Overtopping by Author "Chambers, David M."
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Root causes of tailings dam overtopping: the economics of risk & consequence
Author(s):Bowker, Lindsay Newland; Chambers, David M.Date Issued:2016-09Format:born digital; proceedings (reports)This paper examines overtopping failures of embankments at tailings impoundments from 1915-2015 and compares the severity of consequence for overtopping failures to that of other causes of failure. We find that the ...