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Possible contamination of the Abrolhos reefs by Fundao dam tailings, Brazil – New constraints based on satellite data
(2020-09-01)
The Fundão dam, located in Mariana city, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil, collapsed in November 2015, causing the discharge of over 50 million m3 of iron ore tailings in the Doce river basin. The mud generated by ...
Satellite evidence for pervasive water eutrophication in the Doce River reservoirs following the collapse of the Fundao dam in Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-03-01)
One of the worst socio-environmental disasters to mark the history of Brazil and the world occurred in November 2015 and involved the mining sector. The collapse of the Fundao dam released approximately 43 million m(3) of ...
Análise dos impactos relacionados ao rompimento da barragem de Fundão em Mariana/MG com enfâse em recursos hídricos
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2018-07-27)
The dam of Fundão, belonging to the set of dams of the mining company Samarco, with tailings volume of approximately 55 million cubic meters, broke on November 05, 2015, gaining national and international repercussion due ...
Modelagem para estimativa de danos causados aos domicílios por rompimento de barragens: uma aplicação do modelo HEC-FIA ao evento de Fundão
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilIGC - INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIASPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Análise e Modelagem de Sistemas AmbientaisUFMG, 2020-02-20)
The Fundão dam failure in Mariana, Minas Gerais, exposed to the Brazilian society a until then unknown problem: the risks that storage mining tailings in dams inflict to the environment and especially to the populations ...
Mining activity in Brazil and negligence in action
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-04-01)
The number of disasters involving tailings storage facilities has increased in Brazil. Only in the last six years, there have been six disasters involving this type of structure. Despite the vast socio-environmental impacts, ...
Fish otolith microchemistry as a biomarker of the world's largest mining disaster
(2022-02-10)
The Fundão dam collapse occurred in late 2015, resulting in the largest disaster in the world involving mine tailings, releasing at least 50 million m3 of iron ore tailings into the Doce river basin (Brazil). Studies ...
METHODOLOGY FOR CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARD INDEX (iP) IN MINING TAILINGS DAMSMETODOLOGIA PARA CLASSIFICAÇÃO DO ÍNDICE DE PERIGO (IP) EM BARRAGENS DE REJEITO DA MINERAÇÃO
(Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 2020)
First report of field remediation of contaminated tailings from the collapsed Fundão dam in Brazil
(2019-01-01)
The failure of the Fundão dam in Brazil spilled contaminated sediments to the Doce river basin with high levels of pH,ether-amine and sodium. In the present study, it was established a riparian forest over contaminated ...