Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine

In the mining history, inrush of water is always an issue especially for the mines located in heavy rainfall areas. Nowadays, mining companies and research institutes have developed many advanced technologies for study and analysis of hydrological processes. In this paper, an advanced method is intr...

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Main Author: Ghosh, Apurna
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75746
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description In the mining history, inrush of water is always an issue especially for the mines located in heavy rainfall areas. Nowadays, mining companies and research institutes have developed many advanced technologies for study and analysis of hydrological processes. In this paper, an advanced method is introduced, which uses the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) data in Geographical Information System (GIS) platform to simulate the stream distributions around two specific mines viz. Super Pit and Griffin coal mines in Western Australia. The impact of this approach is important, because it reduces the time and economic cost by creating high spatial resolution hydrological map in the specific areas. The results match with the ground reality. Based on the results, the stream structure around Griffin coal mine is more complicated than that of Super Pit. The Bi-furcation ratio and drainage density are computed to estimate the subsoil permeability characteristics of two mines. Recommendations have been put forward to prevent and reduce the potential risks of water accumulation around the open pit mines.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-757462019-06-17T08:12:42Z Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine Ghosh, Apurna GIS, SRTM, DEM, hydrology, open pit, drainage In the mining history, inrush of water is always an issue especially for the mines located in heavy rainfall areas. Nowadays, mining companies and research institutes have developed many advanced technologies for study and analysis of hydrological processes. In this paper, an advanced method is introduced, which uses the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) data in Geographical Information System (GIS) platform to simulate the stream distributions around two specific mines viz. Super Pit and Griffin coal mines in Western Australia. The impact of this approach is important, because it reduces the time and economic cost by creating high spatial resolution hydrological map in the specific areas. The results match with the ground reality. Based on the results, the stream structure around Griffin coal mine is more complicated than that of Super Pit. The Bi-furcation ratio and drainage density are computed to estimate the subsoil permeability characteristics of two mines. Recommendations have been put forward to prevent and reduce the potential risks of water accumulation around the open pit mines. 2016 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75746 fulltext
spellingShingle GIS, SRTM, DEM, hydrology, open pit, drainage
Ghosh, Apurna
Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title_full Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title_fullStr Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title_full_unstemmed Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title_short Application of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data in Hydrological Analysis of Super Pit and Griffin Coal Mine
title_sort application of shuttle radar topography mission data in hydrological analysis of super pit and griffin coal mine
topic GIS, SRTM, DEM, hydrology, open pit, drainage
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75746