Overview
- Provides basics of mine water and acid-affected pit lakes
- Presents approaches to lake treatment and to the remediation of acidic, metal-contaminated water
- Regional surveys of mine pit lakes and case studies of representative pit lakes
- Socio-economic analysis of pit lake remediation as a tool for decision makers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)
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Reviews
“The book is well illustrated and extremely carefully cross-referenced. The list of references is impressive … . this book is highly recommended for anyone interested in water chemistry, lake physics, and ecology of pit lakes and is also very useful for practitioners and decision makers.” (Thomas Weisse, Limnologica, Vol. 48, July, 2014)
“This new book provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, geochemistry, and limnology of pit lakes and possible remediation options. … I strongly recommend this book to all professionals involved in pit lake planning, mine closure, and ongoing pit lake management, to researchers working in acidic pit lakes, and to limnologists who wish to understand the impact of acidification on lake processes.” (C. Oldham, Mine Water and the Environment, Vol. 32 (3), September, 2013)
“The 6-chapter book provides a large amount of information on post mining landscapes, ranging from their geology through chemistry tobiology. … I would unhesitatingly recommend this book to limnologists, biologists, water chemists and lake restorers--in fact to one and all, interested in these unique acidic environments.” (Ramesh D. Gulati, SILnews, Vol. 62, June, 2013)
“This book brings together a huge amount of information on acidic pit lakes, ranging from geological aspects, through chemistry to biology to management and longterm control. … The editors are to be congratulated on assembling such a useful book which covers a wide spread of topics ranging from fundamental research to solving practical and sometimes very challenging problems. The book deserves to be widely available for anyone concerned with this topic.” (Brian A. Whitton, Journal of Limnology, Vol. 72 (1), 2013)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acidic Pit Lakes
Book Subtitle: The Legacy of Coal and Metal Surface Mines
Editors: Walter Geller, Martin Schultze, Robert Kleinmann, Christian Wolkersdorfer
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29384-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29383-2Published: 10 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42850-0Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29384-9Published: 10 July 2012
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 526