Coal mining disturbed land is the main sources of land reclamation in China.With the rapid increase of economy and coal production,more and more land has been disturbed by construction and coal mining;thus,land reclam...Coal mining disturbed land is the main sources of land reclamation in China.With the rapid increase of economy and coal production,more and more land has been disturbed by construction and coal mining;thus,land reclamation has become highlights in the past 10 years,and China is boosting land reclamation in mining areas.Disturbance characteristics vary from region to region,according to natural and geological conditions,coal mining area land reclamation was divided into 3 zones,which are eastern,western and southern.Reclamation strategies are focused on prime farmland protection in eastern and ecological restoration in western and southern zones,respectively.Several innovative reclamation technologies and theories for the past 10 years were introduced in this paper,including concurrent mining and reclamation,Yellow river sediments backfilling,self-reclamation,and topsoil alternatives in opencast mines.Besides,in the government regulation and legal system building respect,several important laws and regulations were issued and implemented in the past 5 years,promoting land reclamation management and supervision greatly.Land reclamation is and will still be one of the most important parts of coal industry in the future,and more efforts and funds are expected to get involved.展开更多
With the emergence and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), different sensors have become more miniaturized and intelligent. UAVs equipped with various sensors are now an important approach for acquiring sp...With the emergence and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), different sensors have become more miniaturized and intelligent. UAVs equipped with various sensors are now an important approach for acquiring spatial data. Many advantages, such as low cost, short revisiting cycle, flexibility and high precision, have made UAVs powerful tools in geological, agricultural, ecological and forestry growth monitoring, as well as evaluation. Now, UAVs are a hotspot in scientific research. Their application in mining areas (MA), although still in its infancy, is developing rapidly in terms of speed, scale and service scope. This research examines aspects such as UAV platforms, different sensors and their application fields, as well as reviewing the advances of scientific research in MA at the present time. By combining current research and the functions of multiple sensors, an application framework for UAV monitoring in MA is constructed. Finally, the challenge and prospects for the development of UAVs and sensors are also considered. This research hopes to provide a technical reference, expanding the knowledge and recognition of UAV monitoring in MA, as well as an assessment of applications in mining, reclamation and environment.展开更多
Opencast coal mining has a large impact on the land surface,both at the mining pits themselves and at waste sites.After artifcial management is stopped,a reclaimed opencast coal mine dump is afected by wind and water ...Opencast coal mining has a large impact on the land surface,both at the mining pits themselves and at waste sites.After artifcial management is stopped,a reclaimed opencast coal mine dump is afected by wind and water erosion from natural processes,resulting in land degradation and even safety incidents.In this paper,the soil erosion and land degradation after 5 years of such natural processes,at the Xilinhot opencast coal mine dump in Inner Mongolia,were investigated.A multisource data acquisition method was applied:the vegetation fraction coverage(VFC)was extracted from GF-1 satellite imagery,high-precision terrain characteristics and the location and degree of soil erosion were obtained using a drone,and the physical properties of the topsoil were obtained by feld sampling.On this basis,the degree and spatial distribution of erosion cracks were identifed,and the causes of soil erosion and land degradation were analyzed using the geographical detector.The results show that(1)multi-source data acquisition method can provide efective basic data for the quantitative evaluation of the ecological environment at dumps,and(2)slope aspect and VFC are the main factors afecting the degree of degradation and soil erosion.Based on above analysis,several countermeasures are proposed to mitigate land degradation:(1)The windward slope be designed to imitate the natural landform.(2)Reasonable engineering measures should be applied at the slope to restrain soil erosion.(3)The Pioneer plants should be widely planted on the platform at the early stage of reclamation.展开更多
With the continuous growth of the population and the continuous reduction of cultivated land,China’s food security is greatly threatened.In addition,China’s coal mining has been mainly underground mining,causing lan...With the continuous growth of the population and the continuous reduction of cultivated land,China’s food security is greatly threatened.In addition,China’s coal mining has been mainly underground mining,causing land subsidence and damaging existing cultivated land.This efect intensifes the contradiction between the growth of the risk population and the reduction of cultivated land.The reclamation of mining subsidence land with Yellow River sediment is often used as an efective way to improve the recovery rate of cultivated land.Shortening the reclamation time and realizing continuous flling are signifcant issues.The work presented in this paper studied the sediment settlement rate and consolidation time by combining theory,feld flling and reclamation tests and numerical simulations.A feld flling test study was carried out in the lowlands of Jibeiwang Village,Qihe County,Shandong Province,China.By calculating the drainage consolidation time,the consolidation factor of 0.015656 m^(2)/d,and the time factor for sediment consolidation of 0.575 were determined.The sediment consolidation time for this test was 9.18 days.The calculation of sediment deposition rate and consolidation time is of great practical signifcance to guide the Yellow River sediment flling,realize continuous flling,and save reclamation time and cost.展开更多
Underground coal mining causes land subsidence,and backfilling with Yellow River sediment is an effective reclamation technology to restore farmland in China.To date,two-layer soil reconstructed(TSR)for subsided land ...Underground coal mining causes land subsidence,and backfilling with Yellow River sediment is an effective reclamation technology to restore farmland in China.To date,two-layer soil reconstructed(TSR)for subsided land reclamation resulted in poor capacity to retain water.To solve this problem,multi-layered soil reconstructed(MSR),sandwiching soil interlayers between sediment,was developed as a new reclamation strategy with Yellow River sediment.In order to evaluate the impact of soil interlayer on moisture characteristics,laboratory experiments of infiltration and evaporation were conducted.Two control treatments(CK1,CK2)and four experimental treatments(T1-T4)were designed.CK1 was undamaged farmland,CK2 was conventional reconstructed two-layers soil profile(filled sediment with 40 cm soil cover).T1-T4 were multiple-layers soil profiles sandwiching different structures of soil interlayers between sediment layers.The results indicated that putting interlayers into sediment reduced water leakage and water evaporation,improved the water-holding capacity of conventional two-layer soil profiles.The total thickness of soil interlayers of 30 cm(T3 and T4)was better than 20 cm(T1 and T2)and two soil interlayers(T2)were better than one(T1)on water-holding capacity.Furthermore,the best reconstructed soil profile was T3,sandwiched two soil interlayer and the first thickness was 20 cm.This treatment had the greatest improvement on soil water holding capacity with an increase of 49.14%compared to CK2 at the end of the evaporation and was closest to CK1(402.31 mm).This study provided experimental evidence that compares with TSR,MRS improved the moisture characteristics of backfilling with Yellow River sediment.展开更多
基金Financial supports for this work, are provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （NSFC） ＆ Shenhua Group Corporation Limited key support project of the coal joint fund （U1361203） and NSFC under Grant No. 41501562. Thanks are also due to some participants for rendering assistant cooperation during studies.
文摘Coal mining disturbed land is the main sources of land reclamation in China.With the rapid increase of economy and coal production,more and more land has been disturbed by construction and coal mining;thus,land reclamation has become highlights in the past 10 years,and China is boosting land reclamation in mining areas.Disturbance characteristics vary from region to region,according to natural and geological conditions,coal mining area land reclamation was divided into 3 zones,which are eastern,western and southern.Reclamation strategies are focused on prime farmland protection in eastern and ecological restoration in western and southern zones,respectively.Several innovative reclamation technologies and theories for the past 10 years were introduced in this paper,including concurrent mining and reclamation,Yellow river sediments backfilling,self-reclamation,and topsoil alternatives in opencast mines.Besides,in the government regulation and legal system building respect,several important laws and regulations were issued and implemented in the past 5 years,promoting land reclamation management and supervision greatly.Land reclamation is and will still be one of the most important parts of coal industry in the future,and more efforts and funds are expected to get involved.
文摘With the emergence and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), different sensors have become more miniaturized and intelligent. UAVs equipped with various sensors are now an important approach for acquiring spatial data. Many advantages, such as low cost, short revisiting cycle, flexibility and high precision, have made UAVs powerful tools in geological, agricultural, ecological and forestry growth monitoring, as well as evaluation. Now, UAVs are a hotspot in scientific research. Their application in mining areas (MA), although still in its infancy, is developing rapidly in terms of speed, scale and service scope. This research examines aspects such as UAV platforms, different sensors and their application fields, as well as reviewing the advances of scientific research in MA at the present time. By combining current research and the functions of multiple sensors, an application framework for UAV monitoring in MA is constructed. Finally, the challenge and prospects for the development of UAVs and sensors are also considered. This research hopes to provide a technical reference, expanding the knowledge and recognition of UAV monitoring in MA, as well as an assessment of applications in mining, reclamation and environment.
基金This research was supported by National Key Technology Research and Development Program （2012BAC04B03） during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period and National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 41771542）.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFC0501103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.420701250].
文摘Opencast coal mining has a large impact on the land surface,both at the mining pits themselves and at waste sites.After artifcial management is stopped,a reclaimed opencast coal mine dump is afected by wind and water erosion from natural processes,resulting in land degradation and even safety incidents.In this paper,the soil erosion and land degradation after 5 years of such natural processes,at the Xilinhot opencast coal mine dump in Inner Mongolia,were investigated.A multisource data acquisition method was applied:the vegetation fraction coverage(VFC)was extracted from GF-1 satellite imagery,high-precision terrain characteristics and the location and degree of soil erosion were obtained using a drone,and the physical properties of the topsoil were obtained by feld sampling.On this basis,the degree and spatial distribution of erosion cracks were identifed,and the causes of soil erosion and land degradation were analyzed using the geographical detector.The results show that(1)multi-source data acquisition method can provide efective basic data for the quantitative evaluation of the ecological environment at dumps,and(2)slope aspect and VFC are the main factors afecting the degree of degradation and soil erosion.Based on above analysis,several countermeasures are proposed to mitigate land degradation:(1)The windward slope be designed to imitate the natural landform.(2)Reasonable engineering measures should be applied at the slope to restrain soil erosion.(3)The Pioneer plants should be widely planted on the platform at the early stage of reclamation.
基金This research was funded by Jiangxi Provincial Social Science Foundation“the 14th Five-Year Plan”(2021)regional projects(21DQ44)National Natural Science Foundation of China(41771542)+3 种基金Institutional Research Centers of Jiangxi Provincial of Ecological Civilization Construction(JXST2103)Research Center of Geological Resource Economics and Management(20GL02)Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education(GJJ210723)the Doctoral Research Initiation fund of East China University of Technology(DHBK2019184).
文摘With the continuous growth of the population and the continuous reduction of cultivated land,China’s food security is greatly threatened.In addition,China’s coal mining has been mainly underground mining,causing land subsidence and damaging existing cultivated land.This efect intensifes the contradiction between the growth of the risk population and the reduction of cultivated land.The reclamation of mining subsidence land with Yellow River sediment is often used as an efective way to improve the recovery rate of cultivated land.Shortening the reclamation time and realizing continuous flling are signifcant issues.The work presented in this paper studied the sediment settlement rate and consolidation time by combining theory,feld flling and reclamation tests and numerical simulations.A feld flling test study was carried out in the lowlands of Jibeiwang Village,Qihe County,Shandong Province,China.By calculating the drainage consolidation time,the consolidation factor of 0.015656 m^(2)/d,and the time factor for sediment consolidation of 0.575 were determined.The sediment consolidation time for this test was 9.18 days.The calculation of sediment deposition rate and consolidation time is of great practical signifcance to guide the Yellow River sediment flling,realize continuous flling,and save reclamation time and cost.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41771542)The authors would like to express appreciation to members of the research group at the China University of Mining and Technology for providing great help in terms of experiments.
文摘Underground coal mining causes land subsidence,and backfilling with Yellow River sediment is an effective reclamation technology to restore farmland in China.To date,two-layer soil reconstructed(TSR)for subsided land reclamation resulted in poor capacity to retain water.To solve this problem,multi-layered soil reconstructed(MSR),sandwiching soil interlayers between sediment,was developed as a new reclamation strategy with Yellow River sediment.In order to evaluate the impact of soil interlayer on moisture characteristics,laboratory experiments of infiltration and evaporation were conducted.Two control treatments(CK1,CK2)and four experimental treatments(T1-T4)were designed.CK1 was undamaged farmland,CK2 was conventional reconstructed two-layers soil profile(filled sediment with 40 cm soil cover).T1-T4 were multiple-layers soil profiles sandwiching different structures of soil interlayers between sediment layers.The results indicated that putting interlayers into sediment reduced water leakage and water evaporation,improved the water-holding capacity of conventional two-layer soil profiles.The total thickness of soil interlayers of 30 cm(T3 and T4)was better than 20 cm(T1 and T2)and two soil interlayers(T2)were better than one(T1)on water-holding capacity.Furthermore,the best reconstructed soil profile was T3,sandwiched two soil interlayer and the first thickness was 20 cm.This treatment had the greatest improvement on soil water holding capacity with an increase of 49.14%compared to CK2 at the end of the evaporation and was closest to CK1(402.31 mm).This study provided experimental evidence that compares with TSR,MRS improved the moisture characteristics of backfilling with Yellow River sediment.
