Resource
Analysis of Coal Refuse Dam Failure: Middle Fork Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Vol 1
Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Analysis of Coal Refuse Dam Failure: Middle Fork Buffalo Creek Saunders, West Virginia Vol 1
Organization/Agency
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Year
1973
Date
February 1973
Document Number
S0122084
Event Location
West Virginia
Abstract/Additional Information
These original investigations contributed to an understanding of the Buffalo Creek Flood. This study presents a comprehensive view of the failure with essential data integrated from many sources, and an analysis of the failure based on a thorough program of subsurface exploration and sampling, field and laboratory testing, and engineering analyses. Volume 1 of 2.
