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A filtered database of dam breach characteristics
2024-01-01
Mustapha Yassin, Anushka Ahmed, Vincent McFarlane, Fangzhou Liu
Three datasets of historical dam failures that are filtered to be able to evaluate empirical equations for peak flow, breach formation time, and average breach width. Various assumptions and estimates have been made to expand the applicability of each dataset. Given the magnitude of uncertainty...
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Quality Control Considerations for Overburden Earth-fill Tailings Dam Construction in the Oil Sands
DownloadFall 2018
Quality control and construction methods for an oil sands overburden tailings dam in the Albertan Oil Sands can differ from these conventional construction methods due to two governing factors: A high overburden to ore ratio with a complex geology requiring significant waste management effort and...
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1975-01-01
In December, 1973, the Environmental Planning Division of the Department of the Environment invited proposals for preliminary studies associated with a proposed dam on the Athabasca River in the vicinity of Crooked Rapids. This study was carried out in co-operation with the Energy Resources...