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<p>The Certej area is an area of gold mining activities with a history of several hundred years. The only activity with a significant share in the area was the mining activity, which provided the population of Certeju de Sus commune and its surroundings with the means necessary for a decent living. In the case of tailings dumps, the soil suffers a combined impact - by removing large areas of land from the natural circuit and by generating acidic water. The geology and morphology of the region, characterized by the existence of surfaces with different slopes, are natural causes that attribute different levels of vulnerability to land at the onset of degradation processes by erosion, landslides and excess moisture. All these bring limitations in the use of land on the main uses: agricultural, forestry, construction, etc. The paper aims to provide solutions for the reuse of these lands, their use by recultivation, the search for plant species adaptable to soil conditions. A relatively small number of species were determined on the tailings dumps in the studied area, the spontaneous vegetation is visibly stressed by the existing conditions. As such, the method of ecological reconstruction of freshly deposited tailings dumps by the method of forest recultivation is proposed.</p>
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The Certej area is an area of gold mining activities with a history of several hundred years. The only activity with a significant share in the area was the mining activity, which provided the population of Certeju de Sus commune and its surroundings with the means necessary for a decent living. In the case of tailings dumps, the soil suffers a combined impact - by removing large areas of land from the natural circuit and by generating acidic water. The geology and morphology of the region, characterized by the existence of surfaces with different slopes, are natural causes that attribute different levels of vulnerability to land at the onset of degradation processes by erosion, landslides and excess moisture. All these bring limitations in the use of land on the main uses: agricultural, forestry, construction, etc. The paper aims to provide solutions for the reuse of these lands, their use by recultivation, the search for plant species adaptable to soil conditions. A relatively small number of species were determined on the tailings dumps in the studied area, the spontaneous vegetation is visibly stressed by the existing conditions. As such, the method of ecological reconstruction of freshly deposited tailings dumps by the method of forest recultivation is proposed.

Study of Reducing the Damage and Reuse of Waste Tanks in the Certej Mining Area

Mining Revue

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The Certej area is an area of gold mining activities with a history of several hundred years. The only activity with a significant share in the area was the...

Study of Reducing the Damage and Reuse of Waste Tanks in the Certej Mining Area

Published Online: Apr 13, 2021

Page range: 34 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2021-0004

Keywords
sterile dumps, acid waters, conservation, reconstruction

© 2021 Mărioara Benea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Study of Reducing the Damage and Reuse of Waste Tanks in the Certej Mining Area

Published Online: Apr 13, 2021

Page range: 34 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2021-0004

Keywordssterile dumps, acid waters, conservation, reconstruction

© 2021 Mărioara Benea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
sterile dumps, acid waters, conservation, reconstruction