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The exploitation of natural resources and the consequences: The proceedings of GREEN 3: the 3rd International Symposium on Geotechnics Related to the European Environment held in Berlin, Germany, June 2000
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R. W. Sarsby
R. W. Sarsby
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
University of Wolverhampton, UK
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T. Meggyes
T. Meggyes
Research Co-ordinator
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/teonratc.30046
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978-0-7277-3922-3
Publication date:
2001
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The geotechnical legacy of industry and society – challenges and opportunities

By
R W Sarsby
R W Sarsby
Bolton Institute, UK
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R W Sarsby
Bolton Institute, UK
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https://doi.org/10.1680/teonratc.30046.0001
  • Published:
    2001

There are a number of major components to Environmental Geotechnics; waste disposal by landfill, contaminated land, derelict land, tailings disposal, waste materials in construction, noise and ground vibrations, radioactive waste disposal. This paper contains an outline of the environmental and geotechnical consequences of the extraction and processing of mineral wastes, the disposal of the associated wastes and the subsequent land usage after extraction ceases.

  • 1 INTRODUCTION

  • 2 ‘DAMAGED’ LAND

  • 3 WASTE TIPS

  • 4 TAILINGS AND LAGOONS

  • 5 WASTE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION

  • 6 CONCLUDING REMARKS

  • 7 REFERENCES

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