LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 22 - HYDRAULIC TAILINGS

Tailings, defined as sand-, silt-, or clay-sized solid wastes from mineral-processing operations that were originally produced, handled, and deposited in slurry form, represent a special case of slope stability in that they are artificially constructed deposits of manufactured soil. Tailings are often identified by their association with mining and milling operations. Where encountered along transportation routes, tailings deposits may affect the stability or safety of these facilities by (a) causing instability of excavated cuts, (b) creating potential landslide hazards from adjacent deposits, (c) increasing subgrade compressibility and settlement, and (d) possessing adverse environmental characteristics (high erodibility, heavy-metal pollution, and acid drainage). This chapter examines the characteristics and properties of tailings, slope stability and environmental issues related to tailings deposits, the failure of tailings impoundments, and mitigation measures.

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• Authors:
  • Vick, Steven G
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 577-584
• Monograph Title: LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Hazards; Landslides; Properties of materials; Slope failure; Slope stability; Tailings; Traffic mitigation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722511
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM