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An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa
Bibliography: leaves 178-188.
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| author | Talkenberg, Wolfgang F M |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9935 An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa Talkenberg, Wolfgang F M Fuggle, Richard Francis Diamond mines and mining Bibliography: leaves 178-188. An outline of the main features of the West Coast environment establishes that it has potential value for recreation, tourism and nature conservation,in addition to that of diamond mining, and that it is sensitive to disturbance. The diamond mining process is analysed and mining actions that cause environmental impact are identified. A matrix approach is employed to relate particular mining actions to specific environmental elements. It is found that there is major impact on scenic and vegetation elements and that primary impact is magnified significantly through the process of wind erosion. It is argued that much environmental impact can be prevented if the objective of environmental protection was incorporated into the management of mine sites and that unavoidable impact can be mitigated by rehabilitation,which is a reasonable requirement. 2014-12-10T08:09:50Z 2014-12-10T08:09:50Z 1982 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9935 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Diamond mines and mining Talkenberg, Wolfgang F M An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| title_full | An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| title_short | An investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of South Africa |
| title_sort | investigation of the environmental impact of surface diamond mining along the arid west coast of south africa |
| topic | Diamond mines and mining |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9935 |
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