TY - GEN A1 - Niederleithinger, Ernst A1 - Brink, Arne A1 - McDonald, C. A1 - Meggyes, Tamás A1 - Roehl, K. E. A1 - Witt, K. J. T1 - TAILSAFE - Investigation and improvement of tailings facilities T2 - International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) N2 - Tailings are the fine residue of the milling process in the mining industry and appear in slurry form being mixed with water during this process. Large tailings ponds are required to contain them, usually confined by man-made dams. Such tailings facilities pose considerable risk both to the environment and human lives. A major interdisciplinary research project ('TAILSAFE') supported by European Union has been initiated with the aim to increase attention towards and reduce the risk posed by tailings facilities. Methods of parameter evaluation and measurement are being developed within the project and applied for the detection, assessment and improvement of the safety state of tailings dams and ponds. One of the workpackages has his focus on non-destructive geophysical investigation methods. Geoelectrical (SIP), seismic and radar methods will be used to get information on the tailings dam structure and water content. T2 - 6th International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-09-16 PY - 2003 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ndtce03/papers/p014/p014.htm SN - 3-931381-49-8 SP - 1 EP - 6(?) PB - DGZfP CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-2756 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -