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Figure 5A from Remote Sensing for Monitoring Mine Lands and Recovery Efforts

September 2024 (approx.)

Detailed Description

The three main mining types and associated hazards (groundwater contamination, potential effects on surface water from runoff, open adits, and open pits), mitigation efforts (bat bars, fences, evaporation ponds, soil remediation), and monitoring methods (groundwater monitoring wells, remote sensing monitoring, field monitoring). Figure 5A from O'Donnell and others (2024). https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1525 

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Public Domain.

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