Short description:

This book explains soil-water interaction, acid mine drainage (AMD) problems and contamination levels in water and soil resources. Main topics include soil-water interaction, mining impact on water and soil geochemistry, mining impact on water and soil quality, AMD, OB martials impact, groundwater level depletion, and so forth.

Long description:

The subject matter of this book is divided into two sections detailing Soil (focussing on geochemistry, contamination, and remediation) and Water (focussing on hydrogeochemistry, crisis, desertification, and modelling) including case studies, review studies, and essential soil remediation and water. It also explores management practices to explain soil?water interaction, acid mine drainage problems, and contamination levels in water and soil resources. The main topics discussed include soil?water interaction, mining impact on water and soil geochemistry, mining impact on water and soil quality, martials impact, groundwater level depletion, contamination evaluation, health risk assessment, water treatment, soil remediation, remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS), contaminant transport modelling, and water/soil resources management. Emphasis is also given to the new approach to sustainable water and soil resources management.

Features:

• Integrates research in soil and environmental resources management in mining.


• Describes soil resources management in mining regions.


• Covers water geochemistry and contaminant transport modelling.


• Provides solutions for acid mine drainage problems.


• Includes the role of remote sensing and GIS.

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in soil resources management, mining, and environment science.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Soil  1. Metals contamination in the agricultural soils of mica mining areas of Jharkhand, India  2. Geochemistry of soils surrounding the Ursk dump, Kemerovo Region, Russia  3. Effects of Revegetation on Abandoned Man-made Slopes of Chromite Mine in Sukinda Region, India  4. Phytoremediation of heavy metals from contaminated sites: A potential review for future perspectives  5. Geochemical evaluation of soil contamination from rat-hole coal mining areas in Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India  6.  Biochar for the remediation of hydrocarbons contaminated soil: A review  Section II: Water  7.  An analysis of groundwater movement and realignment factors for the twin mining system: a modelling approach  8.  Metals contamination of water and their influences on human and aquatic life  9.  Surface Water Chemistry of Sohagpur Coalfield, Madhya Pradesh, India  10.  Water scarcity and desertification of mining landscapes  11.  Solute acquisitional environment of Ib Valley coalfield: Emphasis on hydrochemistry and water quality assessment  12.  Groundwater level behaviour assessment using sensor-based water level recorder and GIS in Umaria Coalfield, Madhya Pradesh, India