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Recovery of Tundra Ecosystem after Closure of the Valkumei Mine in Chukotka

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Applicability of local and regional scale satellite images in evaluation of vegetation in tundra in the zones of mining in permafrost area is proved. The research results on the environmental impact of the Valkumei Mine, Chukotka Autonomous Region, after its closure are described and analyzed.

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  1. Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 111020, Russia

    G. V. Kalabin & A. A. Tronin

  2. Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, 197110, Russia

    V. I. Gornyi, T. A. Davidan & S. G. Kritsuk

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Kalabin, V.I. Gornyi, T.A. Davidan,, S.G. Kritsuk, A.A. Tronin, 2018, published in Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2018, No. 2, pp. 146–153.

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Kalabin, G.V., Gornyi, V.I., Davidan, T.A. et al. Recovery of Tundra Ecosystem after Closure of the Valkumei Mine in Chukotka. J Min Sci 54, 315–322 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739118023689

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