Sentence examples for tailings deposition from inspiring English sources

The estuary downstream of our tailings deposition area is a functioning, biodiverse ecosystem with abundant species of fish and shrimp.

Numerical modelling of sulfide oxidation indicates the maximum rate of release for sulfate, Fe, and Ni occurred shortly after tailings deposition ceased.

Mineralogical study indicates that sulphide minerals originally present in the vadose zone at the time of tailings deposition have been replaced by a series of secondary precipitates.

The main finding was that the modeling of gradual tailings deposition via a 1-D large-strain consolidation model can provide a reliable prediction of tailings height and capacity during TSF operation.

The highest dissolved arsenic concentrations were found in Lost Lake porewater and in a groundwater-fed pond in the tailings deposition area.

Deposition of tailings as a thickened slurry from a central discharge ramp results in a conical-shaped tailings deposit with low perimeter dykes, a uniform grain-size distribution, uniform and low hydraulic conductivity, and a tension-saturated zone above the water table up to 5 to 6 m thick.

Two types of mine tailings were treated: (i) freshly produced tailings coming directly from the flotation process, and (ii) tailings deposited in a tailings pond, for approximately 20 years.

A 2009 report by the company says it utilises levees to contain tailings in the deposition area, and that the tailings management programme costs Freeport McMoRan $15.5m£12.7m7m) each year.

The tailings are deposited in vast pools and held in place by dams.

Sand jet in non-Newtonian viscoplastic fluid is associated with a number of industrial and engineering applications, including sand capping for the reclamation of oilsands tailings ponds and sediment deposition into soft mud.

The tailings tracers support the predicted deposition patterns generated by the deposition forecasting model.