Impact of mining activity of bauxite mines on the hydrogeomorphologic characteristics of forest ecosystems of the mountainous volume of Ghiona
In the framework of this study, the places as well as the methods and techniques of excavation of bauxite used in the north-eastern side of the mountainous volume of Ghiona and more specifically in the region between Kaloskopi- Kastelli and Gravia were located and mapped. The environmental situation in the region adjacent to the mines of bauxite is recorded and the impact to the natural environment and more specifically to the hydro-geomorphologic characteristics of forest ecosystems in the region under investigation from the various methods applied during the mining activity as well as after it is discussed.
1Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Annex of Karpenisi, Department of Forestry, 361 00 Karpenisi, Greece 2National Research Council, ISMAR, 101 P. Gobetti str., 401 29 Bologna, Italy
Keywords:Bauxite, environment, geomorphology, mining activity
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Book:RANGELANDS OF LOWLANDS AND SEMI-MOUNTAINOUS AREAS: MEANS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT - Proceedings of the 4th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Volos, 10-12 November 2004 (Edited by: Panagiotis D. Platis & Thomas G. Papachristou)
