| Main Title |
Geotechnical engineering for mine waste storage facilities / |
| Author |
Blight, G. E. ;
Blight, Geoffrey,
|
| Publisher |
CRC Press, |
| Year Published |
2010 |
| OCLC Number |
277196116 |
| ISBN |
9780415468282 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0415468280 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780203859407 (ebk.); 0203859405 (ebk.) |
| Subjects |
Mineral industries--Waste disposal ;
Waste disposal in the ground ;
Environmental geotechnology ;
Engineering geology ;
Soil mechanics
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJAM |
TD428.M56B585 2010 |
|
Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
03/15/2010 |
| ERAM |
TD428.M56 B585 2010 |
|
Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/20/2010 |
| ESAM |
TD428.M56B585 2010 |
|
Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/31/2011 |
|
| Collation |
xx, 634 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
"Balkema book." Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
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. |
| Place Published |
Boca Raton Fla. ; London |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2010 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2009028816 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20110126135005 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02743cam 22004214a 45020 |
