Long-term assessment, modeling and forecast of salinity conditions of reclaimed mine dumps of Western Donbass

Abstract

The neutralization of toxic mine rocks with additional of soil and loess like loam mass leads to a significant decreasing of salts migration at the contact zone. The mathematical model was working out follow general principle where mine rock is pollution source, but soil and loess like loam take place as volumetric filter for water-soluble salts. MathCAD file with commands for solving the problem forecasting the process of vertical salinization of reclaimed minelands was developed. The prospect for the numerical model using up to the most accepted range of values with experimental data shown. The irrigation of reclaimed minelands in the Western Donbass possible in the case of the dilution of the mine waters of aquifers with the Samara river water.