HYDROLOGIC MODELING OF RECLAIMED STRIP MINE SPOIL

Modeling Selenite Sorption in Reclaimed Coal Mine Soil Materials

Redevelopment of Soil Carbon Pools on Reclaimed Surface Mine Lands

Soils play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle; they represent a carbon reservoir larger than the atmosphere, they are the site of a number of key carbon transformations (e.g. mineralization and humification), and contain a number of unique carbon pools (e.g. plant litter, humic substances, dissolved organic matter, etc.). Land disturbance associated with surface coal mining results in co...

Hydrologic Modeling Consistency

Computer applications to storm runoff prediction have revolutionized the watershed modeling techniques. In general, a watershed is modeled as a system with inputs and outputs (Chow 1964). A system can be lumped or distributed, depending upon the spatial and temporal characteristics of the design variables used in the model. A lumped parameter ignores the variability in space. On the other hand,...

Hydrologic Modeling of Detention Pond

Urban watersheds produce an instantaneous response to rainfall. That results in stormwater runoff in excess of the capacity of drainage systems. The excess stormwater must be managed to prevent flooding and erosion of streams. Management can be achieved with the help of structural stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). Detention ponds is one such BMP commonly found in the Austin, TX, USA....

Infiltration Rate of Bentonite Mine Spoil as Affected by Amendments of Gypsum, Sawdust and Inorganic Fertilizer

Voorhees, M.E., 1986. Infiltration rate of bentonite mine spoil as affected by amendments of gypsum, sawdust and inorganic fertilizer. Reclam. Reveg. Res., 5: 483-490.