The Impact of Mining on the Landscape: A Study of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin

Description: The Impact of Mining on the Landscape by Renata Dulias The anthropogenic denudation rate in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, as well as the Ruhr Coal Basin (Ruhr District) and the Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin, ranges from several dozen up to several hundred times higher than the rate of natural denudation, irrespective of the calculation method used. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book investigates the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB), one of the oldest and largest mining areas not only in Poland but also in Europe. Using uniform research methods for the whole study area, it also provides a summary of the landscape transformations. Intensive extraction of hard coal, zinc and lead ores, stowing sands and rock resources have caused such extensive transformations of landscape that it can be considered a model anthropogenic relief. The book has three main focuses: 1) Identifying anthropogenic forms of relief related to mining activity and presenting them from a spatial, genetic and age perspective; 2) Determining the changes in the morphometric characteristics of relief and the conditions for matter circulation in open systems (drainage basins) and closed systems (land-locked basins) caused by the extraction of mineral resources; and 3) Estimating the extent of anthropogenic denudation using two different methods based on raw-material output and morphometric analysis. In Poland, no other mining area has undergone such intensive mining activity as the Upper Silesian Coal Basin during the last half century. Its share in the total extraction of mineral resources was as high as 32%. The total extraction of hard coal in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin from the mid-18th century until 2009 was the sixth largest in the world, and the permanent, regional effects of mining anthropopressure on the relief are among the most severe in the world. The anthropogenic denudation rate in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, as well as the Ruhr Coal Basin (Ruhr District) and the Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin, ranges from several dozen up to several hundred times higher than the rate of natural denudation, irrespective of the calculation method used. It would take the natural denudation processes tens of thousands of years to remove the same amount of material from the substratum as that removed through human mining activity. Back Cover This book investigates the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB), one of the oldest and largest mining areas not only in Poland but also in Europe. Using uniform research methods for the whole study area, it also provides a summary of the landscape transformations. Intensive extraction of hard coal, zinc and lead ores, stowing sands and rock resources have caused such extensive transformations of landscape that it can be considered a model anthropogenic relief. The book has three main focuses: 1) Identifying anthropogenic forms of relief related to mining activity and presenting them from a spatial, genetic and age perspective; 2) Determining the changes in the morphometric characteristics of relief and the conditions for matter circulation in open systems (drainage basins) and closed systems (land-locked basins) caused by the extraction of mineral resources; and 3) Estimating the extent of anthropogenic denudation using two different methods based on raw-material output and morphometric analysis. In Poland, no other mining area has undergone such intensive mining activity as the Upper Silesian Coal Basin during the last half century. Its share in the total extraction of mineral resources was as high as 32%. The total extraction of hard coal in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin from the mid-18th century until 2009 was the sixth largest in the world, and the permanent, regional effects of mining anthropopressure on the relief are among the most severe in the world. The anthropogenic denudation rate in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, as well as the Ruhr Coal Basin (Ruhr District) and the Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin, ranges from several dozen up to several hundred times higher than the rate of natural denudation, irrespective of the calculation method used. It would take the natural denudation processes tens of thousands of years to remove the same amount of material from the substratum as that removed through human mining activity. Table of Contents From the Contents: Introduction.- Human activity as a geomorphic factor.- Impact of mining on landscape.- Anthropogenic denudation as a research problem.- Research methods and data sources.- Environment of study area.- A brief history of mining in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Feature Provides a comprehensive investigation of the impact of mining in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, in Poland, an area ranked sixth worldwide in hard coal extraction (from the mid-18th century until 2009) Presents a variety of maps that illustrate the transformation that has occurred in the area Provides a comparison of the anthropogenic Upper Silesian Coal Basin landscape with other mining areas in Poland and Europe Details ISBN331929539X Author Renata Dulias Short Title IMPACT OF MINING ON THE LANDSC Series Environmental Science and Engineering Language English ISBN-10 331929539X ISBN-13 9783319295398 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 209 Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle A Study of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Edition 1st Edited by Gianmaria Silvello Birth 1945 Affiliation Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France Position Contributor Qualifications M.D Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-29 Alternative 9783319805948 DEWEY 553.2409438 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Illustrations 2 Illustrations, color; 54 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 209 p. 56 illus., 2 illus. in color. 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