A case of compatibility between quarrying of ornamental granite and forest exploitation

A particular development is proposed to mine some good quality out crops of granite found in a forest exploitation of eucalypts. The exploitation has been designed with a quarrying method, in which small open cast pits are opened and quarried sequentially, and later filled with the waste of the new...

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Main Authors: Iván G�mez Márquez, Leandro R. Alejano, Alfonso Rodríguez Dono, Fernando García Bastante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technical University of Kosice 2013-12-01
Series:Acta Montanistica Slovaca
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Online Access:http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2013/n2/6marques.pdf
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Summary:A particular development is proposed to mine some good quality out crops of granite found in a forest exploitation of eucalypts. The exploitation has been designed with a quarrying method, in which small open cast pits are opened and quarried sequentially, and later filled with the waste of the new open pit. Soil is finally used to cover this waste, so new growing tree areas are gained
ISSN:1335-1788