Prediction of soil erosion from waste dumps of opencast mines and evaluation of their impacts on the environment

International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-102

  Yellishetty, Mohan ^a   Mudd, Gavin M ^b   Shukla, Richa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

heavy metal; mine waste; RUSLE; sediment quality; soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MINE WASTES; RUSLE; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SOIL EROSION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAVY METALS; MINERALS; RIVER POLLUTION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPENCAST MINING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION;

GOA; INDIA;

EID: 84875851523     PISSN: 17480930     EISSN: 17480949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480930.2012.655164     Document Type: Article

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