J 2007

Geochemical behaviour and mineralogical transformations during spontaneous combustion of a coal waste pile in Oslavany, Czech Republic

DOKOUPILOVÁ, Pavla, Ondřej ŠRÁČEK and Zdeněk LOSOS

Basic information

Original name

Geochemical behaviour and mineralogical transformations during spontaneous combustion of a coal waste pile in Oslavany, Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Geochemické chování a mineralogické změny během procesů spontánního hoření uhelné haldy v Oslavanech, České republika

Authors

DOKOUPILOVÁ, Pavla (203 Czech Republic), Ondřej ŠRÁČEK (203 Czech Republic) and Zdeněk LOSOS (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Mineralogical Magazine, London, Mineralogical society, 2007, 0026-461X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.269

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/07:00023834

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000253608700005

Keywords in English

waste pile; coal; combustion; hematite; evaporation; Mg sulphates

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 29/6/2009 12:41, doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Losos, CSc.

Abstract

V originále

Geochemical processes and mineralogical transformations in the spontaneously combusting coal waste pile of the Kukla mine in Oslavany, Czech Republic, were investigated. The aims of the study were: (1) the characterization of secondary minerals; and (2) determination of processes which influence the mobility of elements in the pile. The pile burned from the late 19th century until the 1990s and has acquired a zoned nature, with original black material in the core of the pile, red material produced by burning close to the pile slopes and grey and white efflorescent salts precipitated on the pile top and slopes. Several mineral assemblages have been identified including (1) primary minerals in the black material including bituminous coal to anthracite, micas, pyrite and goethite; (2) hematite, spinels and corundum in the red material produced by pyrometamorphism; and (3) hydrated sulphates of magnesium including hexahydrite, konyaite and picromerite in efflorescent precipitates on the slopes of the pile. A conceptual model of geochemical processes in the pile includes seasonal changes with mineral dissolution during the wet season and precipitation of efflorescent salt minerals during the dry season. Formation of secondary minerals such as hematite, which is resistant to weathering and immobilizes hydrolysable Fe, may have a positive environmental impact in the long term.

In Czech

Předmětem práce je detailní výzkum změn v mineralogickém složení a sledování geochemických procesů, probíhajících při a po spontánním hoření hlušinové haldy uhelného dolu "Kukla" v Oslavanech.

Links

MSM0021622412, plan (intention)
Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)