Physical and chemical properties of tin tailings in MARDI Station, Kundang, Selangor
When a tin mining area is abandoned, there are three distinct features in the vicinity. These are the mining ponds, sand tailing consisting mainly of coarse sand, and slime tailings which consistmainly of silt and clay particles (Maene et al. 1977). These features are also evident in Tin Tailings Re...
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| Format: | Manuscript Book |
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Kuala Lumpur
Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI)
1992
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| Series: | MARDI report
no. 155 (1992) |
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Add Tag | Summary: | When a tin mining area is abandoned, there are three distinct features in the vicinity. These are the mining ponds, sand tailing consisting mainly of coarse sand, and slime tailings which consistmainly of silt and clay particles (Maene et al. 1977). These features are also evident in Tin Tailings Research Station, MARDI Kundasang, Selangor (Figure 1). The station was acquired in 1980 and has been reshaped and levelled to the present condition in 1986 and a complete irrigation system has been installed. Research activitie s were started in 1988. |
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| Physical Description: | 12 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 12) |
| ISBN: | 9679361209 |
| ISSN: | 0127-4007 |
Planning, design, and analysis of tailings dams