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Modeling the Impact of Strip Mining and Reclamation Processes on Quality and Quantity of Water in Mined Areas: A Review
Author(s) -
Rogowski A. S.,
Pionke H. B.,
Broyan J. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of environmental quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1537-2537
pISSN - 0047-2425
DOI - 10.2134/jeq1977.00472425000600030001x
Subject(s) - land reclamation , revegetation , environmental science , surface runoff , acid mine drainage , water quality , pyrite , evapotranspiration , hydrology (agriculture) , limiting , environmental engineering , surface mining , diffusion , geology , environmental chemistry , geotechnical engineering , mineralogy , chemistry , engineering , waste management , coal mining , ecology , mechanical engineering , coal , thermodynamics , physics , biology
Current literature contains numerous studies of acid generation, neutralization, and transformation in strip‐mine spoil materials, yet the rate‐determining processes on the field scale are not well understood. Even less seems to be known about the spoil water flow, oxygen diffusion, surface runoff, erosion, evapotranspiration, and temperature distributions within the spoil banks. Most spoils seem to be principally considered from the standpoint of rapid revegetation, use of amendments, and favorable placement of acid‐producing materials. We conclude that hydrology of the spoil system could be simulated using standard modeling techniques. It also seems probable that experimentally obtained temperature and oxygen distributions could delineate acid‐producing areas, assuming pyrite is not limiting, and is distributed evenly throughout the zone of interest.