Anatomy of a Tailings Dam Failure and a Caution for the Future

Jane Palmer

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Anatomy of a Tailings Dam Failure and a Caution for the Future

Jane Palmer

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Jane Palmer. Anatomy of a Tailings Dam Failure and a Caution for the Future. Engineering, 2019, 5(4): 605‒606 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2019.07.009

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