Abstract
A large number of case studies related to mining areas demonstrate that extensive mining activities may affect the groundwater chemistry by lowering the base drainage level and promoting the upconing of brackish groundwater contained in deeper layers of groundwater systems in upper freshwater aquifers (Sherwani 1980; Banks et al. 1997; Mironenko and Rumynin 1999; Nonner 2002). First of all, the upconing process influences the quality of the pumped water. Salinization of well systems and drainage water arises many acute environmental problems in mining areas. Thus, the discharge of highly mineralized mine water into streams deteriorates downstream water quality dramatically.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Banks D, Younger PL, Arnesen R-T et al (1997) Mine-water chemistry: the good, the bad and the ugly. Environ Geol 32(3):157–174
Boronina AV, Rumynin VG (1999) Saltwater upconing in a freshwater aquifer: analytical and modelling studies and their application at the Korshunovsky ore deposit site (Russia). In: Stauffer F et al (eds) Proceedings of the ModelCARE’99 “Calibration and reliability in groundwater modelling: coping with uncertainty”, Zürich, 20–23 Sept 1999
Mironenko VA, Rumynin VG (1999) Problems of environmental hydrogeology, vol 3, Applied studies. MMSA, Moscow (In Russian)
Nonner JC (2002) Sources of groundwater contamination. In: Groundwater contamination inventory – a methodological guideline. UNESCO Printing Office, Paris
Sherwani JK (1980) Public policy for the management of groundwater in the coastal plain of North Carolina. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina. WRRI Report UNC-WRRI-80-158 1980
Van Meir N, Lebbe L (2002) Simultaneous identification of solute transport and hydraulic parameters in a costal aquifer. In: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on calibration and reliability in groundwater modelling, vol I, Prague, 17–20 June 2002, pp 264–269
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Rumynin, V.G. (2011). Studying and Modeling of Uncontrolled Discharge of Deep Brine into Mine Drainage Systems at the Korshunovsky Iron Ore Mine (Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation). In: Subsurface Solute Transport Models and Case Histories. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1306-2_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1306-2_17
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-1305-5
Online ISBN: 978-94-007-1306-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)