Environmental impact of abandoned mine waste : a review / Claudio Bini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bini, Claudio.

Series:

Mining Engineering - Research and Technology

Mining engineering-- research and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abandoned mines--Environmental aspects.

Abandoned mines.

Mine soils--Environmental aspects.

Mine soils.

Abandoned mined lands reclamation--Italy--Case studies.

Abandoned mined lands reclamation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the dawn of civilization until the last decades of the past century, mining activity, especially that concerning base and precious metals, represented a resource for human population, owing to its importance in many fields of interest. By the second half of the last century, however, mining activity declined until final closure in the face of developing countries, owing to decreasing mineral resources and to metal price drop. In this book, the effects of former mine activities and the related environmental problems are discussed, with the ultimate goal of investigating the fate of potentially toxic elements in the environment and their impact on the conterminous land.

Contents:

Intro

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ABANDONED MINE WASTE: A REVIEW

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. RESOURCE

1.2. PROBLEM

1.3. CHANCE

Chapter 2: PROCESSES OCCURRING AT THE MINE SITES

2.1.WEATHERING OF MINE SPOILS

2.2. ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD)

2.3. FLOTATION TAILINGS

2.4. OVERBANK STREAM SEDIMENTS

2.5. SOIL CONTAMINATION

2.6. BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Chapter 3: CONSEQUENCES OF MINING OPERATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND MINE SOIL EVOLUTION

3.1.MINE SOILS

Chapter 4: CASE STUDIES IN ITALY

4.1 TUSCANY

4.4. SARDINIA

4.5. VENETIAN TERRITORY

Chapter 5: DISCUSSION

Chapter 6: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61324-895-4

OCLC:

923669042