Midwest reclamation methods combat soil compaction
Soil compaction can be the root of reclamation evils, but various studies are working on solutions to solve the problem. A bucket-wheel excavator conveyor-spreader system, ripping, and other reclamation methods demonstrated during the 7th Midwest Reclamation Tour show promise in reclaiming land to farm and forest use. Held last September and sponsored by Southern Illinois University and the University of Kentucky, the tour surveyed mined lands in southern Illinois and western Kentucky. The tour demonstrated that soil compaction can be reduced with a conveyor-spreader system, subsoiling, soil reconstruction, and by using end-dumps and rippers. Row crop yields were substantially improved on plots where these methods were used. Reforestation methods, however, have shown less success and do not compare with the case or effectiveness of planting trees on ungraded spoil banks as was done before current reclamation laws were established.
- OSTI ID:
- 6507311
- Journal Information:
- Coal Min. Process.; (United States), Vol. 21:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CROPS
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES
FORESTS
SURFACE MINING
LAND RECLAMATION
REVEGETATION
BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATORS
COAL MINES
COMPACTING
CONVEYORS
FEDERAL REGION VII
GROUND COVER
ILLINOIS
KENTUCKY
SOILS
SPOIL BANKS
EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REGION IV
FEDERAL REGION V
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINES
MINING
MINING EQUIPMENT
NORTH AMERICA
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
USA
010900* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects
510500 - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)
012000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Mining