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Examples of geomorphic reclamation on mined lands in Spain by using the GeoFluv method
Martín Duque, J. F.
Bugosh, N.
Francisco, C. de
Hernando, N.
Martín Moreno, Cristina
Nicolau, J. M.
Nyssen, S.
Tejedor, M.
Zapico, Ignacio
Geomorphology
Mines
GeoFluv method
Restauración geomorfológica
Comunicación oral presentada en EGU General Assembly 2015.
This paper describes seven examples of geomorphic reclamation on mined lands of Spain, as solutions for complex
environmental problems, by using the GeoFluv method through the Natural Regrade software (Carlson). Of these
seven examples, four of them have been partially or totally constructed. Each of them has its own particularities
and contributions, becoming innovative geomorphic solutions to existing environmental (ecological, social and
economic) problems. The Quebraderos de la Serrana example (Toledo province) allowed a local company to get
permission for slate quarrying in a highly ecologically vulnerable area; before that, the permission for extracting
rocks had been rejected with a conventional reclamation approach. The Somolinos case is, to this date, the most
complete geomorphic reclamation in Spain, and the first one in Europe to have been built by using the GeoFluv
method. This restoration has healed a degraded area of about six hectares at the outskirts of the Somolinos hamlet,
in a valuable rural landscape of the Guadalajara province. The Arlanza example (Leon province) shows a design
which proposes to restore the hydrological connectivity of a coal mine dump which blocked a valley. The Machorro
and María Jose examples (Guadalajara province) are allowing kaolin mining to be compatible with the preservation
of protected areas at the edge of the Upper Tagus Natural Park (UTNP), in highly vulnerable conditions for water
erosion. The Campredó case (Tarragona province) shows an agreement between a mining company, the academia,
and the Catalonian Agency ofWater, to combine a high standard of geomorphic reclamation with solving problems
caused by flooding downstream of a clay mining area. Finally, the Nuria example is also located at the UTNP area;
the goals here are to stabilize a large landslide in a waste dump and to minimize the risk of occurrence of flash
floods from mining ponds. Additional information on these examples and about the state of art of the Geomorphic
Reclamation practice in Spain can be found at http://www.restauraciongeomorfologica.es.
2015-12-03T07:21:16Z
2015-12-03T07:21:16Z
2015
comunicación de congreso
Geophysical Research Abstracts, 17, EGU2015-2895 (2015)
1029-7006
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/126406
1607-7962
eng
Publisher's version
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2895.pdf
Sí
openAccess
European Geosciences Union