Modeling of a Reclaimed Surface Coal Mine Spoil Aquifer Using MODFLOW

Modeling Selenite Sorption in Reclaimed Coal Mine Soil Materials

Soil Microbial Community Recovery in Reclaimed Soils on a Surface Coal Mine Site

Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 76:915–924 doi:10.2136/sssaj 2011.0288 Received 15 Aug. 2011 *Corresponding author ([email protected]) © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any informat...

Understanding Selenium Mobility by Sorption and Extraction Processes in Surface Coal Mine Spoil

Surface coal mine spoil was studied to evaluate selenium (Se) mobility and solubility using batch experiments, column-Ieachmg techniques, and sequential and individual extraction processes. Both selenite and selenate followed linear isotherm patterns at relatively lower Se treatments, whereas over a broader solution Se concentraton range the sorption mechanism followed the Lanpuir model. The va...

Transient Fluid Flow Modeling in Fractured Aquifer of Sechahoon Iron Mine Using Finite Element Method

Considering the fact that a large volume of iron reserve in the Sechahoon Iron Mine in Yazd Province has located under the water table, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive study on water flow within the pit and its surroundings. The conceptual model of the aquifer was created using surface and underground geological information compared with water table data of the area of interest. In t...

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...