The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks
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The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks

  1. 717 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks

About this book

This book, the result of studies undertaken on behalf of the European Commission, examines the current 'state of the art' techniques for the restoration of despoiled lands arising from the coal and steel industries. It provides technical guidance to aid the process of the regeneration of the coal and steel communities of Europe. The chapters are fully cross referenced in the text, and where more technical or specific detail is provided, this has been placed into boxes rather than in the main text.The book will be of great interest to environmental scientists and engineers, and to all those who are involved in mining, mineral waste, soil pollution and waste management and disposal.

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Yes, you can access The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks by I.G. Richards,J.P. Palmer,P.A. Barratt in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Environmental Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CONTENTS
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. USE OF THE BOOK
  8. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  9. CHAPTER 2. SITE ASSESSMENT
  10. CHAPTER 3. INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT OF MINE WORKINGS AND UNSTABLE GROUND
  11. CHAPTER 4. DEMOLITION AND SITE CLEARANCE
  12. CHAPTER 5. COLLIERY SPOIL HEAP CHARACTERISTICS
  13. CHAPTER 6. COLLIERY SPOIL HEAP STABILITY
  14. CHAPTER 7. COLLIERY SPOIL HEAP COMBUSTION
  15. CHAPTER 8. COLLIERY SPOIL WASHING
  16. CHAPTER 9. STEEL INDUSTRY RAW MATERIALS AND WASTES
  17. CHAPTER 10. COAL CARBONISATION
  18. CHAPTER 11. THE TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SOILS
  19. CHAPTER 12. WATER QUALITY
  20. CHAPTER 13. LANDFORM AND EARTHWORKS
  21. CHAPTER 14. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CARE OF VEGETATION
  22. CHAPTER 15. MANAGEMENT OF RECLAIMED LAND
  23. CHAPTER 16. A FRAMEWORK FOR SITE REGENERATION
  24. CHAPTER 17. CASE STUDIES
  25. GLOSSARY
  26. ABBREVIATIONS
  27. INDEX