Overview
- Classification of mine wastes according to their physical and chemical characteristics and presentation of this in individual chapters
- Case studies from Australia, USA and Europe
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"This thorough and authoritative reference work on the characterization, prediction, monitoring, treatment, and disposal of mine wastes relates so well to the important environmental impact of energy and mineral resource development … . This well-illustrated second edition (1st ed., 2003) with … abundant references, lists of resource material, lists of appropriate Web sites, and a thorough index, would be an appropriate library holding for science and technology, economics, and environmental matters. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (W. C. Peters, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (5), January, 2008)
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Book Title: Mine Wastes
Book Subtitle: Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts
Authors: Bernd G. Lottermoser
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48630-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48630-5Published: 26 August 2007
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 304
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Terrestrial Pollution, Mineral Resources, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Hydrogeology