Assessment, restoration and reclamation of mining influenced soils / edited by Jaume Bech, Claudio Bini, Mariya A. Pashkevich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Classification and environmental impact of mining dumps2. A multianalytical approach for the assessment of toxic element distribution in soils from mine and quarry areas3. Hazard assessment of soils and spoils from the Portuguese Iberian Pyrite Belt mining areas and their potential reclamation4. Mine waste: assessment of environmental contamination and restoration5. Environmental risk assessment of tailing ponds using geophysical and geochemical techniques6. Tailings impoundments of Polish copper mining industry-environmental effects, risk assessment and reclamation7. Assessment and reclamation of soils from uranium mining areas: Case studies from Portugal8. Reclamation by containment: Polyethylene-based solidification9. Geochemical barriers for soils protection in mining areas10. Aspects of reclamation of mining influenced soils in southern European Russia11. Proposals for remediation of soils affected by mining activities in South-East Spain12. Reclamation of sites impacted by mining activities. Stabilisation/Solidification of 232Th-contaminated soils13. Ecoefficient in situ technologies for the remediation of sites affected by old mining activities: the case of Portman Bay, Murcia, Spain14. Organic mulching to improve soil mining restoration15. Heavy metals contamination of mine soils, their risk assessment and bioremediation16. Potential hazards elements accumulation in soils and native plants from areas affected by mining activities in South America17. Mine water discharges in Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): assessment of impact and management concepts