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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Assessment, Restoration and Reclamation of Mining Influenced Soils; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reviewers; Chapter 1 Classification and Environmental Impact of Mine Dumps; 1.1 Notion, Origin, and Classification of Mine Dumps; 1.1.1 General Concept; 1.1.2 Piled Dumps; 1.1.3 Hydraulic-Filled Dumps; 1.1.4 Technogenic Sediments; 1.2 Peculiarities of Environmental Impact of Mine Dumps; 1.2.1 Determination of the Nature of Environmental Pollution; 1.2.2 Characteristics of Risks Caused by Stored Wastes |
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1.2.3 Migration of Polluting Substances From Mine Dumps1.3 Impact of Mine Dumps on Soils; 1.4 Integrated Ecological and Economic Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Mine Dumps; 1.4.1 Impact of Mine Dumps on Human Health; 1.4.2 Impact of Mine Dumps on Visual Landscapes; 1.4.3 Ecological and Economic Risk Assessment of Environmental Impact of Mine Dumps; 1.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2 A Multianalytical Approach for the Assessment of Toxic Element Distribution in Soils From Mine and Quarry Areas; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Soils From Mine and Quarry Areas |
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2.3 Total Metal Content2.3.1 Destructive Techniques; 2.3.1.1 Origin Determination by MC-ICP-MS; 2.3.2 Nondestructive Techniques for Determination of Total Content; 2.3.2.1 XRF Technique and Rapid Screening Using Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry; 2.4 Available Content; 2.4.1 Selective Chemical Extractions; 2.4.2 Methods of Extraction of the Operationally Defined Available Content; 2.4.2.1 Weak Neutral Salt Solutions; 2.4.2.2 Organic Acid Extractions; 2.4.2.3 Chelating Agents; 2.5 Distribution of Toxic Elements in Soils; 2.5.1 Sequential Chemical Extractions |
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2.5.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy With X-Ray Microanalysis2.5.3 Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry; 2.6 Efficacy of Combined Use of SEM/EDS, TOF-SIMS, Selective/Sequential Extraction and Chemometrics; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Hazard Assessment of Soils and Spoils From the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt Mining Areas and Their Potential Re ... ; 3.1 Portuguese Sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt; 3.2 Chemical Characterization of Soils and Tailings From the PIPB Mining Areas; 3.3 Quality Evaluation of the Soils From the PIPB |
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3.4 Potential Reclamation of Soils and Spoils From the IPB: Techniques and Other Approaches3.5 Final Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Mine Waste: Assessment of Environmental Contamination and Restoration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mine Waste: A Global Problem; 4.2.1 Mine Waste and Landscape Modification; 4.2.2 Mine Waste and Human Health; 4.3 Mine Waste: Present and Future Chances; 4.4 Processes Occurring at the Mine Sites; 4.4.1 Weathering of Mine Spoils; 4.4.2 Processes Occurring Within Iron Sulfide Ores; 4.4.3 Processes Occurring in Mixed Sulfide Ores |
| Summary |
Assessment, Restoration and Reclamation of Mining Influenced Soils covers processes operating in the environment as a result of mining activity, including the whole spectra of negative effects of anthropopressure and the environment, from changes in soil chemistry, changes in soil physical properties, geomechanical disturbances, and mine water discharges. Mining activity and its waste are an environmental concern. Knowledge of the fate of potentially harmful elements and their effect on plants and the food chain, and ultimately on human health, is still being understood. Therefore, there is a need for better knowledge on the origin, distribution, and management of mine waste on a global level. This book provides information on hazard assessment and remediation of the disturbed environment, including stabilization of contaminated soils and phytoremediation, and will help scientists and public authorities formulate answers to the daily challenges related to the restoration of contaminated land |
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1. Classification and environmental impact of mining dumps>2. A multianalytical approach for the assessment of toxic element distribution in soils from mine and quarry areas>3. Hazard assessment of soils and spoils from the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt mining areas and their potential reclamation>4. Mine waste: assessment of environmental contamination and restoration>5. Environmental risk assessment of tailing ponds using geophysical and geochemical techniques>6. Tailings impoundments of Polish copper mining industry-environmental effects, risk assessment and reclamation>7. Assessment and reclamation of soils from uranium mining areas: Case studies from Portugal>8. Reclamation by containment: Polyethylene-based solidification>9. Geochemical barriers for soils protection in mining areas>10. Aspects of reclamation of mining influenced soils in southern European Russia>11. Proposals for remediation of soils affected by mining activities in South-East Spain>12. Reclamation of sites impacted by mining activities. Stabilisation/Solidification of 232Th-contaminated soils>13. Ecoefficient in situ technologies for the remediation of sites affected by old mining activities: the case of Portman Bay, Murcia, Spain>14. Organic mulching to improve soil mining restoration>15. Heavy metals contamination of mine soils, their risk assessment and bioremediation>16. Potential hazards elements accumulation in soils and native plants from areas affected by mining activities in South America>17. Mine water discharges in Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): assessment of impact and management concepts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Soil ecology.
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Abandoned mined lands reclamation.
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Soil restoration.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Abandoned mined lands reclamation.
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Soil ecology.
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Soil restoration.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bech, Jaume, editor
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Bini, Claudio, editor
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Pashkevich, Mariya A, editor
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| ISBN |
9780128097298 |
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0128097299 |
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