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Fig. 2 | Geoenvironmental Disasters

Fig. 2

From: The failure of the Stava Valley tailings dams (Northern Italy): numerical analysis of the flow dynamics and rheological properties

Fig. 2

a Sketch and b Photograph of the Stava tailings dams. a upper basin; b lower basin; (1) on-dam cyclone for the extraction of the coarser sand components from the tailings, (2) sandy deposit, (3) silty deposit, (4) drainage service, (5) emergency drainage, (6) service road, (7) sand cone, (8) silty deposit, (9) drainage from the upper basin, (10) caretaker’s house (modified after Luino and De Graff 2012)

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