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ArticlePeerJ2018

Evaluation of soil intervention values in mine tailings in northern Chile.

Elizabeth Lam Esquenazi, Brian Keith Norambuena, Ítalo Montofré Bacigalupo, María Gálvez Estay

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Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Methodology to Prioritize Chilean Tailings Selection, According to Their Potential Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  3. Making Paving Stones from Copper Mine Tailings as Aggregates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth Lam EsquenaziChemical Engineering Department, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
Brian Keith NorambuenaDepartment of Computing and Systems Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5734-8962
Ítalo Montofré BacigalupoMetallurgical and Mining Department, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
María Gálvez EstayChemical Engineering Department, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
Universidad Católica del Norte · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this work is to show a methodological proposal for the analysis of soil intervention values in mine tailings in order to determine the intervention requirements in the commune of Andacollo in northern Chile. The purpose of this analysis is to guide the intervention policies of both private and public organizations. The evaluation method is based on the Dutch legislation. The usability of the proposed methods depends on the available geochemical data from soil samples; in particular, we tackle the case when information regarding clay percentage in the soil is not available. We use the concepts of a threshold factor and an adjusted threshold factor to calculate a weighted intervention ranking. In order to illustrate the utility of this methodological proposal, a case study is carried out with the prescribed approach. In particular, this work presents an analysis of the elements of environmental significance related to the mining activity (Hg, Cd, Pb, As, Cu, Ni, Zn, Cr) in the commune of Andacollo, Coquimbo Region, Chile. The analyzed samples are used to determine where the intervention of tailing deposits is necessary and where a solution to these environmental liabilities is required as soon as possible. Out of the 81 samples evaluated, it was found that 18 require a potential intervention, and of these samples, seven of them are associated with abandoned tailings that, in some cases, are located close to the town center itself, one sample is associated with active tailings and the other 10 with inactive tailings.

Indexed as

Environmental liabilityMethodologyMining industrySoil intervention valuesTailings

Identifiers

PMID30405972
PMCPMC6216957
OpenAlexW2898643330

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