Mining and Its Impact on the Environment

ISBN-13: 9780367390792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 536 str.

Fred G. Bell; Laurance J. Donnelly

Opis

A valuable field reference highlighting mining effects and demonstrating how problems can be dealt with before, after and as they occur.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Subsidence Due to the Partial Extraction of Stratiform Mineral Deposits  3. Longwall Mining and Subsidence  4. Metalliferous Mining and Subsidence  5. Subsidence Associated with the Abstraction of Fluids  6. Quarrying and Surface Mining  7. Waste Materials from Mining and Their Disposal  8. Mine Effluents and Acid Mine Drainage  9. Dereliction and Contamination Associated with Mining and Related Industries  10. Other Problems Associated with Mining

O autorze

Fred G. Bell is a Research Associate with the British Geological Survey, formerly Professor and Head of Department of Geology and Applied Geology at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. He has acted as a consultant and advisor to numerous organizations. He is the author or co-author of some 230 papers and author or editor of 20 books.

Laurance Donnelly is presently a consultant geologist with the Halcrow Group and was previously with International Mining Consultants and the British Geological Survey. He has worked in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Central and South America and the Caribbean on mining related projects. He is the author or co-author of some 70 publications.