Microseismic Technology for Tailings Dams Monitoring
(World News Brazil)

Tetra Tech Geologists, Camilla Rodrigues and Lorena Oliveira, discuss the microseismic technology we developed to help assess and mitigate risks for tailings dams. This article originally ran in International Water Power & Dam Constructionmagazine. The monitoring of dam safety, including identifying and minimizing geotechnical risks, is a challenge faced by geotechnical engineers, especially in the mining and water supply industries. Microseismic technology provides a continuous solution for the monitoring of geotechnical structures. Tailings dams are some of the most challenging structures for geotechnical engineers to manage due to the following: A dam`s body construction is often built...