TITLE:
The Methodology of Melioration and Restoration of the Largest Dumps of the Most Coal Basin
AUTHORS:
Michal Řehoř, Petr Vráblík, Jaroslava Vráblíková, Lukáš Žižka, Eliska Wildova
KEYWORDS:
Land Use, Coal Mining, Restoration, Melioration, Dump
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.8 No.13,
December
21,
2017
ABSTRACT: Reclamations of dumps in the Most Basin that is located in the North Bohemia
consist of restoration of extremely unfavourable properties of rocks that
are poured down onto the dump body. These rocks come from the surface
layer and the layer where coal bed is present. Sands, clay sands and kaolin (illitic
clays) are the main components that occur in the material. Other components
are predominantly organic (coal) mass, siderite and pyrite. This report
briefly summarizes the history and present of ore, non-metallic and coal
mining in the region and addresses in detail the issue of moderating the consequences
of mining, which is one of the principal activities of the Research
Institute for Brown Coal, j.s.c. in Most. The concept of landscape reclamation
in the largest dumps after mining ends, the technical reclamation methodology
and the well considered use of fertilizable soil are main results presented in
this article.