Mark G. Macklin

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the characteristics, types and magnitudes, environmental impacts, and remediation of mine tailings dam failures is presented, covering the characteristics of the tailings held within these dams, what best safety practice is for these structures, and what adverse effects such accidents might have on the wider environment and how these might be mitigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the CAESAR model is used to simulate the Holocene development of a small upland catchment and the alluvial fan at its base, and the important effects of sediment storage and remobilization are shown, and findings suggest that soil creep rates may be an important control on long term (> 1000 years) temperate catchment sediment yield.

TL;DR: A comprehensive database of radiocarbon dated fluvial units in Great Britain, Poland and Spain has been compiled to investigate the relationship between environmental change, flooding and Holocene river dynamics as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the extreme acidity and elevated metal concentrations of the river water will probably be maintained for some time due to oxidation of pyrite and other sulphides in the alluvium and mine-waste tips, and from formation of secondary oxide and oxyhydroxysulphates.

TL;DR: A new analysis of all 346 published 14C dated Holocene alluvial units in Britain offers a unique insight into the regional impacts of global change and shows how surprisingly sensitive British rivers have been to relatively modest but repeated changes in climate.