Gold mining in Ghana's forest reserves: a report on the current debate     

Gavin Hilson  Frank Nyame 《Area》2006,38(2):175-185

This paper examines the debate surrounding a recent decision made by the Ghanaian government to permit gold exploration – and potentially, mining – in 'protected' forest reserves. In 2001, four mining companies were awarded mineral exploration concessions in forested regions of the country, and have since put forward applications to mine for gold. Notwithstanding the sharp divide in opinion on the issue, the continued uncertainty surrounding the implications of the proposed activities makes further research on the ground imperative in the short term. Work aiming to elicit indigenous perspectives on the projects, as well as research that facilitates dialogue between and/or among stakeholder parties, should be prioritized.  相似文献   

The relationship between depth, age and gravity in the oceans   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

A. G. Crosby  D. McKenzie  J. G. Sclater 《Geophysical Journal International》2006,166(2):553-573

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A highlight of environmental and engineering geology in Fargo, North Dakota, USA     

Fred J. Anderson 《Environmental Geology》2006,49(7):1034-1042

Several unfavorable environmental and engineering geologic conditions exist in Fargo, North Dakota. Dominantly, the behavior of smectitic clays within the proglacial Lake Agassiz sediments of the Sherack and Brenna Formations creates subsoil instability beneath engineered structures in the Fargo area and slope instability within cutbank meanders of the Red River of the North. Unfavorable engineering geologic conditions encountered include: the elastic deformation of clayey glaciolacustrine soils, shrink-swell properties, inadequate bearing capacities, and mass movements. These conditions are responsible for structural failures including the Fargo Grain Elevator in 1955 and the Northern Pacific railroad grade. Bank failures along the Red River are common due to the inherent instability of Brenna Formation smectitic clays which are subject to plastic deformation in the subsurface, with resultant block failure of overlying Sherack Formation. Recent alluvial sediments due to typical fluvial action and the continued seasonal saturation of cutbank meanders within the floodplain also add to soil instability.  相似文献   

Late Early Miocene lake deposits near Mauensee, central Switzerland: Fish fauna (otoliths, teeth), accompanying biota and palaeoecology     

Jürg Jost  Daniel K?lin  Tanja Schulz-Mirbach  Bettina Reichenbacher 《Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae》2006,99(3):309-326

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江苏省矿山的主要生态环境问题及治理对策     

徐翠云 《中国地质灾害与防治学报》2006,17(2):160-163

江苏的经济发展较快,对矿产资源的需求量亦大。多年来的无序开采,对生态环境造成很大的破坏和影响,出现了山体植被遭受破坏、土地被占用、环境受污染、诱发地面沉降、地面塌陷等一系列问题,已影响到国民经济的发展。随着省人大和省政府关于限制开山采石和保护环境等政策、法规出台和落实,近几年乱采滥挖现象基本得到了有效的遏制。人们的环保意识得到了加强,不少矿山已逐步开始对环境治理,且初见成效。文章介绍了江苏生态环境现状、存在的主要问题和治理对策,以期引起各级政府和广大民众在对矿产资源开采的同时更要注重环境保护。  相似文献   

采矿引起的边坡倾倒滑移变形机理与变形安全性分析研究—以抚顺西露天矿边坡为例   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

申力  纪玉石  刘大勇  祖国林  刘晶辉 《中国地质灾害与防治学报》2006,17(3):63-68

在矿山开发、水电建设过程中倾倒变形问题日渐突出。倾倒变形边坡一般具有反倾边坡结构,变形的过程和机理比较复杂、涉及的变形岩体范围较大、危害严重。论文以抚顺西露天矿边坡为例,通过岩体位移监测资料的跟踪分析、底面摩擦模拟试验,以岩体力学、松散介质力学原理为理论基础,探讨了采矿影响下边坡倾倒滑移体的变形机理,分析认为采矿引起的倾倒滑移变形问题是在特定的地质构造和采矿工程条件下产生的,并提出了岩体变形安全性分析方法。通过工程实例,验证了方法的实用性,并针对实际问题提出了变形整治对策。  相似文献   

吾祠煤矿区构造特征及矿井生产布局探讨     

张钦文 《中国煤田地质》2006,18(5):14-16,37

通过对漳平市吾祠煤矿区的煤层地质构造特征分析，探讨了复杂构造条件下的矿井生产布局，主要是煤矿区段水平划分、煤炭采区的巷道布置、采煤方法及有关地质硐探等问题，对矿山开发有一定的指导意义。  相似文献   

Semi-Analytic Modelling of Subsidence   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Peter A. Fokker  Bogdan Orlic 《Mathematical Geology》2006,38(5):565-589

This paper presents a forward model for subsidence prediction caused by extraction of hydrocarbons. The model uses combinations of analytic solutions to the visco-elastic equations, which approximate the boundary conditions. There are only a few unknown parameters to be estimated, and, consequently, calculations are very fast. The semi-analytic model is applicable to a uniform and layer-cake stratigraphy, with visco-elastic parameters changing per layer, and an arbitrary depletion pattern. By its capabilities to handle a multi-layered visco-elastic subsurface, the semi-analytic model fills the gap between the analytic single-layered elastic models available to date and the more elaborate numerical, e.g. finite element, models.  相似文献   

图像数据挖掘软件原型系统的设计与开发   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

秦昆  王新洲  张鹏林  傅晓强 《测绘信息与工程》2005,30(6):1-2

提出了图像数据挖掘软件原型系统的设计与开发的试验框架,阐述了其设计与开发方法,介绍了各个模块的功能、设计与开发情况。  相似文献   

蒙脱石脱水作用与地面沉降关系的研究展望   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

杨献忠杨祝良  陈敬中胡存礼袁平  魏乃颐 《岩石矿物学杂志》2005,24(6):659-665

粘土矿物在地面沉降中的作用、粘土矿物的脱水作用对地面沉降的影响等日益成为评价和防治地质、工程、水文、环境等问题的关键,也一直是相关领域的研究难题而逐渐引起高度重视。本文回顾了蒙脱石层间水性质、层间水化膨胀和脱水收缩的影响因素,提出蒙脱石层间的固溶体特征,在总结蒙脱石脱水作用与地面沉降关系研究成果的基础上,提出了用蒙脱石脱水作用研究地面沉降的思路。最后讨论了用蒙脱石的脱水作用研究地面滞后沉降及沉降趋势预测的可能性。  相似文献