The use of landscape evolution models in mining rehabilitation design

Title: The use of landscape evolution models in mining rehabilitation design
Creator: Hancock, G. R.
Relation: Environmental Geology Vol. 46, Issue 5, p. 561-573
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00254-004-1030-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2004
Description: Landscape evolution models can be useful tools for the evaluation of rehabilitation designs for post-mining landscapes. When calibrated for the erodible material, landscape evolution models can predict sediment loss over entire landscapes (i.e. tonnes/hectare/year), method of erosion (i.e. slope wash, gullying) and also where on a hillslope erosion is likely to occur. The models provide the ability to examine simple hillslopes through to complex whole landscapes. These models can also be used for a probabilistic risk assessment of rehabilitation design for high-risk situations such as tailings dams. Importantly, unlike other erosion models they allow the eroded landscape to be visualised. This paper outlines the capabilities of the SIBERIA landscape evolution model for the rehabilitation of mining landscapes and proposes a probabilistic approach for risk assessment and site stability.
Subject: landscape rehabilitation; mine rehabilitation; SIBERIA; erosion modelling; risk assessment
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/33849
Identifier: uon:3316
Identifier: ISSN:0943-0105
Language: eng
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