13.6 Impacts of Mining on Geomorphic Systems

فصل «13.6 Impacts of Mining on Geomorphic Systems» از کتاب «Treatise on Geomorphology» بر «مدیریت و راهبری صنعت معدن» در حوزه «مدیریت صنعت مس و معدن» تمرکز دارد. محتوا مبانی علمی، روش‌های فنی و پیامدهای عملی موضوع را به‌صورت منسجم توضیح می‌دهد. برای تحلیل بازار، ارزیابی سرمایه‌گذاری، سیاست‌گذاری، مدیریت ریسک و برنامه‌ریزی راهبردی مفید است.

Mining landscapes covered more than a half million hectares worldwide in 1990 ( Young, 1992 ), and are responsible for more sediment production than paved road construction, house construction, and agriculture, which, in combination, produce more sediment than natural processes ( Hooke, 1994 ). This chapter discusses the types of mining operations, the history of mining, and some current geomorphic topics in mining, which include landforms and landscapes, geomorphic impacts and hazards, and the nascent field of mined land reclamation. We have much still to learn from the study of mining landscapes, with potential applications in landscape evolution, models of geomorphic hazards, reclamation, and Quaternary geology and geomorphology.