Evaluation of Safety of Tailings Dams
Publisher: BiTech Publishers Ltd.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Vancouver, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
Table of contents: title: PREFACE; title: 1	GENERAL	1; title: 1.1	INTRODUCTION	1; title: 1.2	TO THE READER	3; title: 1.3	PURPOSE AND CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT	5; title: 1.4	TAILINGS DAM SAFETY EVALUATION PROGRAM	5; title: 1.5	EXPERIENCE FROM CONVENTIONAL DAM ENGINEERING	7; title: 1.6	APPROACH TO TAILINGS DAM SAFETY EVALUATIONS	8; title: 1.7	MOST ESSENTIAL READING	11; title: 1.8	ABBREVIATIONS AND SELECTED DEFINITIONS	12; title: 2	SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS	14; title: 2.1	PERSONNEL	14; title: 2.2	BATTERY LIMITS	15; title: 2.3	CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION AND QUALITY CONTROL	16; title: 2.4	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	17; title: 2.5	GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES	18; title: 2.6	TAILINGS DAM MANAGEMENT	19; title: 3	TAILINGS DAM FAILURES	21; title: 3.1	CONSEQUENCES OF TAILINGS DAM FAILURE	21; title: 3.2	TAILINGS DAM FAILURES – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS	22; title: 4	CONSEQUENCE CLASSIFICATIONS OF TAILINGS DAMS	27; title: 4.1	LOSS OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC LOSSES	27; title: 4.2	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS	28; title: 4.3	APPLICABILITY OF CONSEQUENCE CLASSIFICATIONS	32; title: 4.4	A CORRELATION BETWEEN CONSEQUENCE CATEGORIES	33; title: 5	TAILINGS DAM OPERATING PHASES	36; title: 6	TAILINGS DAM SAFETY EVALUATION COMPONENTS	41; title: 6.1	CONSEQUENCE CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES	41; title: 6.2	GENERAL AREA OF TAILINGS DAM SITE	42; title: 6.3	OTHER DAMS	50; title: 6.4	SAFETY EVALUATION COMPONENTS – SUMMARY	51; title: 6.5	MONITORING OF TAILINGS DAM PERFORMANCE	53; title: 6.6	SCOPES AND FREQUENCIES OF DS, DSIS AND DSRS	54; title: 7	SURVEILLANCE OF TAILINGS DAMS	56; title: 7.1	SCOPE	56; title: 7.2	FREQUENCY	59; title: 7.3	REPORTING	61; title: 8	TAILINGS DAM SAFETY INSPECTIONS	62; title: 8.1	SCOPE	62; title: 8.2	FREQUENCY	66; title: 8.3	REPORTING	68; title: 9	TAILINGS DAM SAFETY REVIEWS	69; title: 9.1	SCOPE	69; title: 9.2	FREQUENCY	71; title: 9.3	REPORTING	74; title: 10	DESIGN OF TAILINGS DAMS	75; title: 10.1	DESIGN LEVELS	75; title: 10.2	DESIGN STAGES	77; title: 10.3	DESIGN CONSERVATISM	78; title: 10.4	SITE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS	79; title: 10.5	OVERVIEW OF DESIGN CRITERIA	80; title: 10.6	DESIGN INTERVALS	81; title: 10.7	HYDROLOGIC DESIGN CRITERIA	82; title: 10.8	EARTHQUAKE DESIGN CRITERIA	88; title: 10.9	FLOOD AND EARTHQUAKE CRITERIA – APPLICATION	91; title: 10.10	FREEBOARD	94; title: 10.11	FACTORS OF SAFETY IN DAM STABILITY ANALYSES	96; title: 10.12	DISCHARGE FACILITIES	98; title: 10.13	TAILINGS DAM CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS	99; title: Appendix A – Commentary; title: Appendix B – Sample Tailings Dam Inspection Forms