The slip surface mechanism of delayed failure of the Brumadinho tailings dam in 2019

Abstract The 2019 Feijão dam failure in Brumadinho, Brazil, claimed 270 lives and caused enormous environmental damage. A special feature of this failure was that it took place three years after the tailings disposal was terminated, which should have allowed sufficient time for the material to conso...

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Main Authors: Fangyuan Zhu, Wangcheng Zhang, Alexander M. Puzrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01086-9
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