Global-scale impact analysis of mine tailings dam failures: 1915–2020

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  2021

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  Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions

• Publication date

  2021-09-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2021.102361
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