quarrying and vegetation

The environmental impacts included vibrations, noise, cracks in buildings, dust-polluted air and water bodies, land degradation, migration of wildlife, as well as …

A quarry is a place where rocks, sand, or minerals are extracted from the surface of Earth.A quarry is a type of mine called an open-pit mine, because it is open to Earth's surface.Another type of mine, a subsurface mine, consists of underground tunnels or shafts.. The most common purpose of quarries is to extract stone for building materials. …

Despite serving the rural economy in a positive way, the negative impact of stone quarrying activities in the Saltora CD Block of Bankura District on the local ecology cannot be ignored. The unplanned extraction and crushing of stones have ... Table: 1 Decrease in vegetation cover, 1990-2006 Area in 1990 Area in 2006 Areal Decrease Land Use ...

Quarrying activities affect vegetation cover by hindering it from performing its biological roles among which is the photosynthesis process by means of which the environmental pollutant, carbon dioxide is converted to life …

A flow diagram of typical quarrying operations is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Process flow diagram for granite quarrying operations. As shown in Figure 1, the first step in quarrying is to gain access to the granite deposit. This is achieved by removing the layer of earth, vegetation, and rock unsuitable for product—collectively referred to as

Article: Quarrying and its effect on vegetation cover for a sustainable development using high-resolution satellite image and GIS Huge vegetal losses caused by unsustainable quarrying practices have limited the role played by vegetation cover in mitigating the global impact of...

The increase in demand of building stones and construction-grade sand has resulted in aggressive hard rock quarrying in many parts of the world. The problems are to be evaluated in detail for the judicious use of resources on the one hand and ensuring health of the ecosystems on the other. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of …

The major environmental and socioeconomic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution ...

The major environmental and socio-economic problems related to quarrying revealed during this study include, destroying the natural topography and vegetation, ruining biodiversity, dust pollution, noise pollution, illegal stone …

1. INTRODUCTION. Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the extraction of non-fuel and non-metal minerals from rocks [1]. It is usually done by open-cast method using rock drills, explosion of dynamite and use of other methods [2]. Quarrying has environmental and health effects.

This study was carried out in three quarry sites at Mount Korok, also known as Jebel Kujur area, which is located within Juba Town Council in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. The main aim was to assess the impact of quarrying activities on the local ground cover vegetation, mainly grasses and low-lying non-woody herbaceous plants. …

2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as the result of …

effects were, support of communities in the provision. of social amenities and infrastructure; corporate social. responsibilities and employment among others. Some. negative effects revealed were ...

Mines are one of major contributor to pollution (air, soil, water and vegetation) and degradation of environment. Himalayan region is rich in biodiversity and pollution adversely impacts its beautiful and scenic valleys. The destruction of upper surface of soil for quarrying disturbs functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Quarrying and mining have played a fundamental role in the development of society over the last 2 million years. In addition, it generates information and specimens that support the advancement of geoscience and creates exposures that provide a resource for scientific study, education, training and geotourism; a resource that would not otherwise …

Impacts of Stone Quarrying on Local Vegetation in Mount Korok Area, Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. P. Moilinga Robert Athian. Environmental Science. 2023; This study was carried out in three quarry sites at Mount Korok, also known as Jebel Kujur area, which is located within Juba Town Council in Central Equatoria State, South …

Quarrying and its effect on vegetation cover for a sustainable development using high-resolution satellite image and GIS. A. O. Akanwa1 • F. I. Okeke2 • V. C. Nnodu3 • E. T. …

destroying vegetation, altering physio-ch emical properties of soil and disturbing nearby . ... While quarrying area has shown continuous increment due to high demand of the sandstone (4.5 times ...

Quarrying and its effect on vegetation cover for a sustainable development using high-resolution satellite image and GIS AO Akanwa, FI Okeke, VC Nnodu, ET Iortyom Environmental earth sciences 76, 1-12, 2017

Huge vegetal losses caused by unsustainable quarrying practices have limited the role played by vegetation cover in mitigating the global impact of climate change. There is a need for a holistic study that will employ remotely sensed data in GIS …

A study was conducted to investigate the effects of quarrying dust emission on the tree species diversity and vegetation characteristics in Chongoni Forest Reserve and adjacent villages in Dedza ...

It also explained the quarrying area magnitude responsible for the extent, distribution and the rate of de-vegetation of quarrying activities in Ebonyi State. The area extent of quarrying activities in Ebonyi state is 402.855 hectares to the degree of (0.1%) as clearly indicated by the GIS map of the area.

The present article is an attempt to appraise the importance of the stone quarrying in the village-level micro economy as well as to study the adverse effects of such destructive activities on nature.

Quarrying in Kerala needs more monitoring, indicates environmental panel. Kerala has a total of 5924 functioning stone quarries while the number of those which hitherto obtained mandatory permission from the Department of Mining and Geology stands at 750. As per prevailing rules, those which are functioning without permission are …

In this context, restoring a vegetation cover especially on abandoned quarrying sites and CDW dumpsites will help mitigating water problems (Calder 2007). Also, a restored vegetation cover can help in masking altered landforms and embed the restored sites into their natural landscape.

The parameters that described the pattern of quarrying activities were: the area of pit covered (0.91), percentage of quarrying area (0.93), numbers of pit covered (0.83), and villages involved (0.64). The study also revealed that the total area of vegetation cover destroyed was 402.855 hectares. Field measurements showed that the

Therefore, the process of quarry vegetation depends not only on the original seed bank and plant species but also on the adaptive relationship between induced and …

Mining - Strip, Open-Pit, Quarrying: It has been estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's yearly mineral production is extracted by surface mining. There are several types of surface mining, but the three most common are open-pit mining, strip mining, and quarrying. These differ from one another in the mine geometries created, the techniques …

The study was aimed at the application of a precise method to ascertain the role of quarrying activities on vegetation cover in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Quarrying activities affect vegetation cover by hindering it from performing its biological roles among which is the photosynthesis process by means of which the environmental pollutant, carbon ...

Vegetation and soil sampling were conducted using 6.32 ha sample plots. Samples were randomly selected from mining and adjacent unmined areas. Species abundance, density, basal area, selected soil physical and chemical properties were analyzed. ... Stone quarrying is an essential industrial sector where stone is mined and …