The reclamation of former coal mines and steelworks
Creators
- 1. Richards, Moorehead and Laing Ltd., Ruthin (United Kingdom)
Description
The book is a result of studies undertaken on behalf of the European Commission and examines the current 'state of the art' techniques for the restoration of despoiled lands arising from the coal and steel industries. Chapters are entitled: introduction; site assessment; investigation and treatment of mine workings and unstable ground; demolition and site clearance; colliery spoil heap characteristics; colliery spoil heap stability; colliery spoil heap combustion; colliery spoil washing; steel industry raw materials and wastes; coal carbonisation; treatment of contaminated soils; water quality; landform and earthworks; the establishment and care of vegetation; management of reclaimed land; a framework for site generation; and case studies. 266 refs
Availability note (English)
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (Netherlands).Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
- Imprint Place
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- ISBN
- 0-444-81703-4
- Imprint Pagination
- 750 p.
- Series
- Studies in environmental science 56.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 25039565
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S01: COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BELGIUM; CARBONIZATION; COAL MINES; COMBUSTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FRANCE; GROUND SUBSIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; ITALY; LAND POLLUTION; LAND RECLAMATION; MATERIALS RECOVERY; METAL INDUSTRY; MINERAL WASTES; PLANT GROWTH; REVEGETATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOILS; SPAIN; SPOIL BANKS; STABILITY; STEELS; SURFACE MINING; UNDERGROUND MINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WASHING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLEANING; DECOMPOSITION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GROWTH; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MANAGEMENT; MINES; MINING; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SOLID WASTES; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Also available from Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY (USA).