Acid Mine Waste Revegetation

Acid Mine Waste Revegetation
Author: Eugene E. Farmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1981
Genre: Acid mine drainage
ISBN:

Abstract: Ceramic cup soil-water samplers were used to determine the soil-water ionic concentrations of copper, iron, and sulfate within an acid spoil dump from 1974 to 1979. Over that time, samples from revegetated and nonrevegetated areas are compared. Differences in sample results cannot be attributied to the effects of revegetation.

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation
Author: N.S. Bolan
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2017-09-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 135124728X

Spoil to Soil: Mine Site Rehabilitation and Revegetation presents both fundamental and practical aspects of remediation and revegetation of mine sites. Through three major themes, it examines characterization of mine site spoils; remediation of chemical, physical and biological constraints of mine site spoils, including post mine-site land-use practices; and revegetation of remediated mine site spoils. Each theme includes chapters featuring case studies involving mine sites around the world. The final section focuses specifically on case studies with successful mine site rehabilitation. The book provides a narrative of how inert spoil can be converted to live soil. Instructive illustrations show mine sites before and after rehabilitation. The purpose of this book is to provide students, scientists, and professional personnel in the mining industry sensible, science-based information needed to rehabilitate sustainably areas disturbed by mining activities. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental, earth, and soil sciences; environmental and soil scientists; and mine site environmental engineers and regulators.