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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811850903321

Autore

Bini Claudio

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-61324-895-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (102 p.)

Collana

Mining engineering-- research and technology

Disciplina

622.028/6

Soggetti

Abandoned mines - Environmental aspects

Mine soils - Environmental aspects

Abandoned mined lands reclamation - Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.