ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MINING

The following sections are included:

• PREFACE

• LAND SURFACE EFFECTS

  • INTRODUCTION

  • TOPOGRAPHY

  • SUBSIDENCE

  • SOILS

  • OVERBURDEN

  • EROSION

  • MASS WASTING

  • FILLS

• BIOLOGIC EFFECTS

  • VEGETATION

  • WILDLIFE

• HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS

  • SURFACE WATER QUALITY - SEDIMENT

  • SURFACE WATER QUALITY - CHEMICAL EFFECTS

  • SURFACE WATER QUANTITY

  • SURFACE WATER PATTERNS

  • GROUND WATER QUALITY

  • GROUND WATER QUANTITY

• EFFECTS ON AIR QUALITY

  • INTRODUCTION

  • POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN

  • EMISSIONS FROM SURFACE MINING

  • EMISSIONS FROM UNDERGROUND MINING

  • EMISSIONS FROM IN SITU MINING

• SOCIETAL EFFECTS

  • AESTHETICS

  • LAND USE

  • CULTURAL RESOURCES

  • DAMAGE

• REFERENCES