Silica sand slope gullying and mining in Central Spain: Erosion processes and geomorphic reclamation of contour mining

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 100, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-14

  Sanz, M A ^a   Martin Duque J F ^a   Martin Moreno C ^a   Lucia, A ^a   Nicolau, J M ^b   Pedraza, J ^a   Sanchez L ^c   Ruiz, R ^d   Garcia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c CAOBAR SA   (Spain)

^d Protected Areas of Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geomorphic reclamation; Gully erosion; Kaolin; Mining; Silica sand

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; KAOLIN; MINES; MINING; OXIDES; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; RUNOFF; SAND; SILICA; SOIL MECHANICS;

CENTRAL SPAIN; DATA POINTS; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATIONS; EROSION PROCESS; GEOMORPHIC APPROACHES; GEOMORPHIC RECLAMATION; GULLY EROSION; HIGH RATES; MINING COMPANIES; PROTECTED AREAS; SOIL EROSIONS; WASTE DUMPS;

SILICA SAND;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GULLY; GULLY EROSION; KAOLIN; MINING; SAND; SILICA; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58849152802     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/GEO080011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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