Sentence examples for layer of tailings from inspiring English sources

However, a blanket of tailings that washed in due to the 1996 dam failure presumably forms the uppermost layer of tailings in the bottom sediment.

An estimated 20% of the methane formed in the deeper layers of tailings ponds is oxidized by methanotrophs in surface waters.

Microbial and chemical sulfide oxidation activity and oxygen consumption was investigated in the active layer of pyritic mine tailings at Nanisivik Mine, located in a permafrost area on Baffin Island in northern Canada.

To evaluate the field performance of the system, a hardpan layer was installed on top of tailings on a pilot scale.

Various characteristics of tailings may affect the layer's mechanical strength early on, but a long curing period is capable of compensating for these effects.

And so, over the course of three days, 9,000 tonnes of tailings and soil were removed.

The ski trails cross piles of tailings and wind past old trestles and mine shafts.

Figure 7 Volume compressibility relationships for various types of tailings.

Figure 8 Hydraulic conductivity relationships for various types of tailings.

The model was calibrated using oil sand fine tailings and validated through a wide range of tailings.

For the stability analysis of tailings dams, the accurate profile of the tailings dam is very important.