scholarly journals CНИЖЕНИЕ ТЕХНОГЕННОГО ПРЕСИНГА ПОЛИЭЛЕМЕНТНЫХ АНОМАЛИЙ ДЕВАСТИРОВАННЫХ ЛАНДШАФТОВ ПУТЕМ ФИТОМЕЛИОРАТИВНОГО ВОССТАНОВЛЕНИЯ

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 94-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.V. Popovich
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Background Radiation ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Ecological Condition ◽  
Individual Plant ◽  
Transition Elements ◽  
Waste Dumps

<p>Formation of soil anomalies in the operation area and the mine waste dumps results in an accumulation of heavy metals in plants, particularly if the physic-chemical properties of soil to facilitate the transition elements available to form them. We have proved that the individual organs of plants have a high capacity for accumulation of heavy metals, which allows us to recommend them for landscaping of dumps and heaps like plants, is actively contributing to the stabilization of technologically impaired environment under conditions of significant contamination.</p><p>It should be noted that an embodiment of the ecological stabilization of anthropogenic disturbed territory, on which the landfills and waste dumps of coal mines, is the introduction of individual plant micro associations that will be investigated in more detail in our further work on the technologically impaired phytomelioration territory.</p><p>Despite the fact that the overgrowth of dumps and heaps helps to improve the environmental situation, the number of pollutants, including heavy metals, hydrosphere and lithosphere remains high. This is due to the fact that the soil is able to deposit the contaminants and can be long-term source of secondary pollution.</p><p>We proved that that dumps and heaps of coal mines led to an increase of industrial hazard in the region based on the research of background radiation, heavy metals contamination in edaphotopes and vegetation. We also studied the species diversity, the stage of overgrowing, distribution of individuals in the vegetation communities in devastated landscapes. Analysis of our research results testified the necessity of protective trees shield within devastated landscapes to improve the ecological condition of industrial congested region and increasing the productivity of disturbed lands.</p>

scholarly journals Assessment of Rosa Majalis Herrm-Fruits Contamination with Heavy Metals in Open-Pit Coal Mine Waste Dumps

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Nikolaevna Egorova ◽  
Olga Alexandrovna Neverova ◽  
Lyubov Sergeevna Dyshlyuk
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Coal Mine Waste ◽  
Waste Dumps

scholarly journals Plants Bravely Fighting Metals

No Limits ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
Maria Sztuka ◽  
Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Harmful Substances ◽  
Post Production ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Industrial Center

Silesia, i.e. the region of Poland which roughly dozen years ago was the most powerful industrial center in the country, is still struggling with residues of heavy metals, which are still present in the soil, water, mine waste dumps, and in the air – despite the fact that the number of polluting plants has been reduced and the use of appropriate filters, measures that have admittedly limited the emission of harmful substances into the environment, has been made obligatory. Metals will not disappear on their own; they are assimilated by plants, which animals feed on, and thus the “uninvited guests” are passed on. Humans are not spared by metals as well. The bare post-mining and post-production landfills around which housing estates are erected “endow” their residents with toxic dust. It turns out, however, that there are plant species which attach themselves to polluted areas and only exist where the concentration of heavy metals is high.

scholarly journals Landscape and geochemical assessment of ecological condition of environmental protection territories

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Ecological Condition ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Geochemical Conditions ◽  
Natural Park

Purpose. The problem of environmental pollution by heavy metals is one of the most important problems of the present and the near future. The compounds of these elements are characterized by high toxicity, mobility and ability to bio-accumulation. The aim of the study was to establish the main regularities of trace elements of the national natural park (NNP), to determine the indicators of their mobility for assessment of state of environment.Scientific novelty. The article discusses the features of distributing of heavy metals in the components of landscapes of the territory of the national natural park for realization of control and settlement of his concentration in accordance with the set norms.Results. The analysis of the landscape-geochemical conditions of the territory of the national natural park “Nyzhniosulskyi” has been performed. Consistent patterns of heavy metals distribution in the modern soil of the territory of NNP “Nyzhniosulskyi” have been determined. The analysis of landscape-geochemical conditions of the territory indicates that they generally contribute to the migration of chemical elements with land runoff as well as their significant vertical redistribution. The differentiation of landscape-geochemical conditions causes the fixation and accumulation of a significant number of natural and man-made chemical elements on the landscape-geochemical barriers (mechanical, redox, acid-alkaline, sorption, sorption-gley). This prevents from intense pollution of the vast majority of landscape regions in the park by polluting substances migrating from agricultural lands, which is confirmed by the results of the analysis of pollution sources and volumes. It was shown, that processes of transformation and migration of heavy metals compounds in the soil profile are determined by physical and chemical properties of soils.The analysis of the content of heavy metals in the soils of NNP “Nyzhniosulskyi” has shown that , the distribution of heavy metals is uniformly dispersive, but the variations in the content of certain heavy metals can range from ± 7% to ± 25%-35%. The greatest bioaccumulation capacity is expressed in biogenic microelements – manganese and cuprum. The analysis of heavy metals content in the landscape regions of NNP “Nyzhniosulskyi” has confirmed its dependence on available sources of technogenic contamination as well as the high degree of compliance of the nature of heavy metals distribution to the general laws of these processes in the soils of the relevant types. Most heavy metals get into the Sulyn aquatorium mainly during spring flood with snow melt water. The excess of Cd2+, Cu2+ and Pb2+ in water has been noted in comparison with the current threshold level value regulations.According to the results of the landscape-geochemical analysis of the NNP “Nyzhniosulskyi”, it can be stated that the territory from the ecological point of view is poorly contaminated and can be used for the development of recreational activities in compliance with a number of requirements.Practical significance. The results of this study have been introduced into practice of the NNP “Nyzhniosulskyi” in organizing and conducting research work, for planning tourist and recreational activities, forming tourist routes, and organizing recreational infrastructure.

scholarly journals Acid mine drainage (AMD) contamination in coal mines and the need for extensive prediction and remediation: a review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3129-3136
Author(s):  
Theophilus Ile Ojonimi ◽  
lemona C Okeme ◽  
Tina Phiri Chanda ◽  
Eneojo Godwin Ameh
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Atmospheric Oxygen ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Coal Waste ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
The Impact

Globally, the major source of environmental pollution as a result of mineral exploitation and processing is acid mine drainage (AMD). AMD refers to outflowing streams of acidic constituents from pyrite-bearing ore mines. The exposure of pyrite (FeS2) in coal waste dumps to atmospheric oxygen and water in the presence of microbial communities promotes the formation of sulphuric acid which leaches out the inherent heavy metals into the mine discharge, a phenomenon called pyrite oxidation. AMDs are usually characterized by a convoy of toxic heavy metals, most of which are transition elements (copper, nickel, zinc, etc.) and arsenic at concentrations higher than the limits permitted by environmental regulations. The impact of this acidic discharge from coal mines on downstream/underground waters and farm lands within the corresponding mining zones have been severally reported by previous researchers, but not so much have been discussed on extensive prediction and remediation. It is in view of this that the current paper reviews the need for extensive prediction and remediation approach for coal mines under the following subheadings; General introduction, AMD sources identification, representative sampling, adoption of a prediction model, determination of AMD potential and quality via static and kinetic tests and the development of an economically sustainable remediation strategy. It is thought that this article would be useful to academia as well as policy makers that are responsible for the development and implementation of environmental regulations in coal mines.

scholarly journals Mapping coal fires using Normalized Difference Coal Fire Index (NDCFI): case study at Khanh Hoa coal mine, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
L. H. Trinh ◽  
V. N. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mine ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
The North ◽  
Coal Fire ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Underground Fire

Khanh Hoa coal mine (Thai Nguyen province) is one of the largest coal mines in the north of Vietnam. For many years, this area suffered from underground fires at coal mine waste dumps, seriously affecting production activities and the environment. This paper presents the results of classification of underground fire areas at Khanh Hoa coal mine using Normalized Diference Coal Fire Index (NDCFI). 03 Landsat 8 OLI_TIRS images taken on December 2, 2013, December 10, 2016, and December 3, 2019 were used to calculate NDCFI index, and then classify the underground fire areas by thresholding method. In the study, the land surface temperature was also calculated from Landsat 8 thermal infrared bands data, and then compared with the results of underground coal fire classification at Khanh Hoa coal mine. The obtained results showed that the NDCFI index can be used effectively in detecting and monitoring underground fire areas at coal mines. The use of the NDCFI index also has many advantages due to its calculation simplicity and rapidness compared to other methods for classifying underground coal fire areas.

scholarly journals Post-mining tourism in Upper Silesia and Czech-Moravian country

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzena Lamparska
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Traditional Industry ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Housing Estates

Europe experiences the development of post-industrial tourism documenting the time of growth of traditional coal basins. Contemporarily, the processes of deindustrialization take place. The material resources of traditional industry are being liquidated – which is expensive, or are adapted for the needs of tourism, which gives a new chance of development for these regions which are by rule in a difficult economic situation. Polish coal basin where many industrial plants and coal mines were closed as a result of restructurizing may serve as an example. Similar processes, although in smaller a scope, occur in the Czech Republic. Some of the industrial objects and coal mines concentrate certain values that predestine them to be included in the group of post-industrial heritage: the Czech and Polish coal mines from the 19th century, or coking plants and steel plants – as Hlubina in Ostrava Vitkovce. The idea of this article is to connect some Czech and Polish objects with one tourist route. The proposed tourist area starts in Czerwionka-Leszczyny and runs to Ostrava, and includes former industrial objects, old mines equipped with steam engines, patronage housing estates, coking plants, as well as mine waste dumps subjected to natural succession of vegetation. Creation of such route will allow to popularize the landmarks of post-industrial heritage for tourists of both countries, as well as will contribute to the development of services based on tourism. The route could become a common training ground for students of polytechnic departments of mining and environment protection, as it illustrates both the former mining technological processes and the processes of renaturalization of dumping grounds. The visiting sites were selected on the basis of unified criteria such as their age, suitability for tourism and education, as well as because of their originality, authenticity and uniqueness. The proposed tourist route will also connect the Polish Industrial Monuments Route with the monuments and mining museums in Ostrava.

scholarly journals Potential Possibilities of Soil Mesofauna Usage for Biodiagnostics of Soil Contamination by Heavy Metals

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadiia Yorkina ◽  
Olexander Zhukov ◽  
Olena Chromysheva
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Soil Contamination ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Ecological Condition ◽  
Soil Biology ◽  
Soil Mesofauna ◽  
Functional Zones ◽  
Chemical Properties Of Soils ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

AbstractThe study of potential possibilities of mesofauna as bioindicator of soil contamination by heavy metals is one of the most important areas of urban ecology and soil biology. The work presents the results of ecotoxicological and bioindicative assessment of the environment and the biota of the Melitopol urbosystem of Ukraine. The dynamics of chemical properties of soils in different functional zones of the city is analysed. The complex indices of pollution of environmental components are determined. A bioindicative assessment of the ecological condition of the territory of the urbosystem on the indicators of vitality of the soil mesofauna is carried out. For the first time, regional species-bioindicators for the territory of the city of Melitopol were determined. The ecomorphic structure of soil mesofauna of various functional zones of the city was revealed.

Analysis of Heavy Metals Content in the Soil and in the Macromycetes Species Growing on Mine Waste Dumps

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalin Tanase ◽  
Aurel Pui ◽  
Romeo Olariu ◽  
Danut-Gabriel Cozma
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Metal Content ◽  
Statistical Study ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Atomic Spectrometry ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Metal Contents ◽  
Ecological Reconstruction

This study aims at an ecological reconstruction, by means of macromycetes species, of the soils degraded by mining activities. To this end, samples of both soils and macromycetes from altitude mining waste dumps- resulted from the exploitation of iron and sulphur ores - have been collected and analyzed. The metal contents were determined by atomic spectrometry and the results were performed with Microsoft Excel, Origin and SPSS programs. The statistical study of the distribution of the metal content data among soil, substrate and macromycetes indicates an adequate correlation.

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