OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mine Water and the Environment is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Characteristics of Water Hazards in China’s Coal Mines: A Review	48
Evolution of Water Hazard Control Technology in China’s Coal Mines	24
Electrical Resistivity Imaging Applied to Tailings Ponds: An Overview	20
Water Seepage Mapping in an Underground Coal-Mine Barrier Using Self-potential and Electrical Resistivity Tomography	19
Environmental Stability of Schwertmannite: A Review	18
An Optimized Combination of Mine Water Control, Treatment, Utilization, and Reinjection for Environmentally Sustainable Mining: A Case Study	18
Visualization Analysis and Progress of Mine Water Inrush Disaster-Related Research	18
Study of Roof Water Inrush Control Technology and Water Resources Utilization During Coal Mining in a Karst Area	18
Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage’s Effects on Surface Water in the Kizel Coal Basin with Sentinel-2 Satellite Images	18
The future direction of pit lakes: part 1, Research needs	18
Experimental Study of Coal Sample Damage in Acidic Water Environments	17
The Role of Macrophytes in Constructed Surface-flow Wetlands for Mine Water Treatment: A Review	17
Prediction of Floor Failure Depth in Deep Coal Mines by Regression Analysis of the Multi-factor Influence Index	16
Control of Water-Flowing Fracture Development with Solid Backfill Mining: Designing a Backfill Body Compression Ratio for Water Resources Protection	15
Prediction and Prevention of Water Inrush Hazards from Bed Separation Space	14
An Analog Model Study on Water–Sand Mixture Inrush Mechanisms During the Mining of Shallow Coal Seams	14
Assessment and Grouting of Water Inrush Induced by Shaft-Freezing Holes in the Yingpanhao Coal Mine, Inner Mongolia, China	14
Water Source Discrimination in a Multiaquifer Mine Using a Comprehensive Stepwise Discriminant Method	13
CFD-DEM Coupled Simulation of Broken Rock Mass Movement During Water Seepage in an Underground Goaf Reservoir	13
Discussion on Some Topical Issues of Water Prevention and Control in Coal Mines	13
How to Prevent Flow Failures in Tailings Dams	12
Application Overview of Membrane Separation Technology in Coal Mine Water Resources Treatment in Western China	12
Identification of Mine Water Sources Based on the Spatial and Chemical Characteristics of Bedrock Brines: A Case Study of the Xinli Gold Mine	12
Hydrogeochemical Processes and Inverse Modeling for a Multilayer Aquifer System in the Yuaner Coal Mine, Huaibei Coalfield, China	12
Mechanism of Water Inrush of a Deep Mining Floor Based on Coupled Mining Pressure and Confined Pressure	11

Unmanned Aerial System-Based Multispectral Water Quality Monitoring in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain)	11
Mechanism and Control of Water Inrush from Separated Roof Layers in the Jurassic Coalfields	11
Study of Water-Controlled and Environmentally Friendly Coal Mining Models in an Ecologically Fragile Area of Northwest China	10
Micro-fracture Precursors of Water Flow Channels Induced by Coal Mining: A Case Study	10
A Test of Two Methods for Waste Rock Drainage Quality Prediction: Aqua Regia Extraction and Single-addition Net-acid Generation Test Leachate Analysis	10
A New Application of Solvent Extraction to Separate Copper from Extreme Acid Mine Drainage Producing Solutions for Electrochemical and Biological Recovery Processes	9
Theoretical and Numerical Investigations of the Failure Characteristics of a Faulted Coal Mine Floor Above a Confined Aquifer	9
Hydrogeochemical Processes of Carboniferous Limestone Groundwater in the Yangzhuang Coal Mine, Huaibei Coalfield, China	9
Predicting the Height of the Water-conducting Fractured Zone Based on a Multiple Regression Model and Information Entropy in the Northern Ordos Basin, China	9
Comparison of Antimony Sources and Hydrogeochemical Processes in Shallow and Deep Groundwater Near the Xikuangshan Mine, Hunan Province, China	9
Real-Time Monitoring and Early Warning of Water Inrush in a Coal Seam Floor: A Case Study	9
Numerical Simulation of Non-Darcy Flow Caused by Cross-Fracture Water Inrush, Considering Particle Loss	9
Partition of Rare Earth Elements Between Sulfate Salts Formed by the Evaporation of Acid Mine Drainage	8
Impact of Mining Activities on Groundwater Level, Hydrochemistry, and Aquifer Parameters in a Coalfield’s Overburden Aquifer	8
Experimental Evaluation of Airlift Performance for Vertical Pumping of Water in Underground Mines	8
Chemometrics in Ascertaining Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Coal Mine Discharge vis-à-vis Behaviour of Surface and Groundwater Resources of the Mahan River Catchment Area, Central India	8
A Multilevel Recognition Model of Water Inrush Sources: A Case Study of the Zhaogezhuang Mining Area	8
The Early Development of Passive Treatment Systems for Mining-Influenced Water: A North American Perspective	8
Selecting Environmental Water Tracers to Understand Groundwater around Mines: Opportunities and Limitations	8
Closure of German Hard Coal Mines: Effects and Legal Aspects of Mine Flooding	8
Hydrochemical Analysis of Groundwater in Coastal Coal Mining Areas—A Case Study of the Liangjia Coal Mine, North China	7
Evaluation of Groundwater Inflow into an Iron Mine Surrounded by an Imperfect Grout Curtain	7
Key Aquiclude Strata Reconstruction and Fluid–Solid Coupled Deformation Mechanism Study for Backfill Coal Mining	7
Source Discrimination of Mine Water Inrush Using Multiple Combinations of an Improved Support Vector Machine Model	7
Prediction of Water Inrush from Coal Seam Floors Based on the Effective Barrier Thickness	7
Identification of Flow Zones Inside and at the Base of a Uranium Mine Tailings Dam Using Geophysics	7
Water-inrush Risk through Fault Zones with Multiple Karst Aquifers Underlying the Coal Floor: A Case Study in the Liuzhuang Coal Mine, Southern China	7
The Failure of the Aznalcóllar Tailings Dam in SW Spain	7
Revisiting the Hydraulics of the Aznalcóllar Mine Disaster	7
Water Inrush Modes Through a Thick Aquifuge Floor in a Deep Coal Mine and Appropriate Control Technology: A Case Study from Hebei, China	6
Hydrogeological Analysis of Sulfide Tailings at a Uranium Mine Using Geophysical and Hydrochemical Methods	6
Circular Economy in Tailings Management	6
Predicting the Height of the Water-Conducting Fractured Zone in Fully Mechanized Top Coal Caving Longwall Mining of Very Thick Jurassic Coal Seams in Western China Based on the NNBR Model	6
Forecasting Development of Mine Pit Lake Water Surface Levels Based on Time Series Analysis and Neural Networks	6
Comparative Assessment of Leaching Tests According to Lixiviation and Geochemical Behavior of Potentially Toxic Elements from Abandoned Mining Wastes	6
Hydrogeological Effects of Fault Geometry for Analysing Groundwater Inflow in a Coal Mine	6
The Future Direction of Pit Lakes: Part 2, Corporate and Regulatory Closure Needs to Improve Management	6
Surface Soil Water Content Before and After Coal Mining and its Influencing Factors—A Case Study of the Daliuta Coal Mine in Shaanxi Province, China	6
Geoenvironmental Study of Gold Mining Tailings in a Circular Economy Context: Santa Barbara, Minas Gerais, Brazil	6
Geophysical Diagnosis of Diversion Channel Infiltration in a Uranium Waste Rock Pile	6
Triggered Seismicity in a Flooded Former Coal Mining Basin (Gardanne Area, France)	5
Performance of Semi-passive Systems for the Biological Treatment of High-As Acid Mine Drainage: Results from a Year of Monitoring at the Carnoulès Mine (Southern France)	5
Geochemistry of Mine Stream Sediments and the Control on Potentially Toxic Element Migration: A Case Study from the Baccatoio Basin (Tuscany, Italy)	5
Fast Fisher Discrimination of Water-Rich Burnt Rock Based on DC Electrical Sounding Data	5
Numerical Simulation of Mine Water Inflow with an Embedded Discrete Fracture Model: Application to the 16112 Working Face in the Binhu Coal Mine, China	5
Groundwater Circulation and Origin of Salinity in a Multi-aquifer System: The Gohar-Zamin Mining Area, Iran	5
Groundwater Geochemical Variation and Controls in Coal Seams and Overlying Strata in the Shennan Mining Area, Shaanxi, China	5
Geothermal Energy Potential of Active Northern Underground Mines: Designing a System Relying on Mine Water	5
Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of the Geothermal Water in the Qingdong Coal Mine, Northern Anhui Province, China	5
Assessing Water and Sand Inrushes Hazard Reductions due to Backfill Mining by Combining GIS and Entropy Methods	5

The Use of Accurate Pore Pressure Monitoring for Risk Reduction in Tailings Dams	5
Application of Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflection Technology for Monitoring Deformation and Failure of the Coal Seam Floor Rock Mass in Deep Underground Mines	5
Numerical Simulation of Inrush Water Spreading Through a Mine: A Case Study of the Beixinyao Mine, Shanxi Province, China	5
Holistic Design of Wetlands for Mine Water Treatment and Biodiversity: A Case Study	5
Removal of Sulfate and Metals from Wastewater of a Mining Enterprise by a Dual Sorbent System: A Case Study	5
Long-Term Impact of Historical Mining on Water Quality at Mount Lyell, Western Tasmania, Australia	4
Dynamic Characteristics of Water Inflow from a Coal Mine’s Roof Aquifer	4
Causes and Effects of a Water Spill from the Underground Pit of the Dashu Pyrite Mine, Southern Sichuan Basin, Southwest China	4
A Fuzzy Analytical Process to Assess the Risk of Disaster when Backfill Mining Under Aquifers and Buildings	4
Water Inrush Detection in Limestone Pit Rock Walls Using Borehole-to-Surface ERT	4
Passive Treatment of Circumneutral Mine Drainage from the St. Louis Mine Tunnel, Rico CO: Part 3—Horizontal Wetlands Treatment Train Pilot Study	4
Is Treatment of Mine Dewatering Water Necessary Prior to Rapid Infiltration Basin Recharge? A Case Study	4
Evaluation of a Superabsorbent Polymer for Plugging Karst Pipe Type Water Inrushes	4
Source Discrimination of Mine Water Inrush Based on Spectral Data and EGA–PNN Model: A Case Study of Huangyuchuan mine	4
Evolution of Alkaline Mine Drainage and Unique Biodiversity on Soil-Free Mine Substrates, Southern New Zealand	4
Experimental Investigation on the Transport Behavior of a Sand/Mud/Water Mixture Through a Mining-Induced Caving Zone	4
Design and Construction of a Tailings Dam over an Ancient Tailings Facility at La Parrilla Mine	4
Numerical Analysis of the Water-blocking Performance of a Floor with a Composite Structure under Fluid–solid Coupling	4
Experimental Study on the Mechanical Damage and Deformation Failure of Water-bearing Coal Samples	4
Prevention and Control of Water Inrushes from Subseam Karstic Ordovician Limestone During Coal Mining Above Ultra-thin Aquitards	4
The Water Resisting Properties of the Top Portion of the Ordovician Limestone Aquifer in the North China Coalfield	3
Groundwater Source Identification and Flow Model of the Dareh-Zar Copper Mine in Central Iran by Chemo-isotopic Techniques	3
Calcium Carbonate in Waste Flooring for Neutralization of Acid Rock Drainage	3
Assessing Pilot-Scale Treatment Facilities with Steel Slag-Limestone Reactors to Remove Mn from Mine Drainage	3
Effects of Calcium and Aluminum on Particle Settling in an Oil Sands End Pit Lake	3
The Drivers of Hydraulic Conductivity in Green Liquor Dregs Amended Till: Application to Reclamation of Acid Generating Mine Sites	3
Dynamic Response of a Non-Darcian Seepage System in the Broken Coal of a Karst Collapse Pillar	3
Rapidly Locating a Water–inrush Collapse Column in a Seam Floor: A Case Study	3
Treatment of Water Inrush in Mine Engineering Using a Superabsorbent Polymer: A Case Study of a Limestone Mine, Pingnan, China	3
Silicified Microorganisms and Microorganism-Like Particles in the Groundwater of an Abandoned Coal Mine	3
Passive Treatment of Circumneutral Mine Drainage from the St. Louis Mine Tunnel, Rico, CO: Part 1—Case Study: Characteristics of the Mine Drainage	3
A Note on the Influence of the Mine Tailings Released in the Córrego do Feijão Mine Disaster on the Water Bodies of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil	3
Applying Practical Hydrogeology to Tailings Storage Facility Design and Management	3
Evaluating Seepage Through a Homogenous Embankment: Part of Monitoring a Tailings Storage Facility	3
Combining Surface Water with Mine Water to Improve the Removal of Natural Organic Matter by Enhanced Coagulation	3
Parastrephia quadrangularis: A Possible Alternative to Inhibit the Microbial Effect on the Generation of Acid Mine Drainage	3
Introduction to Special Issue on Mine Water Inrushes: Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Prevention	3
Development of a Geochemical Model to Predict Surface Water Discharge Compositions in Northern Saskatchewan: Applications of PHREEQC and PhreePlot to Identify Active Geochemical Processes	3
Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Coal Mine Drainage Water Quality in China	3
The Evolving Nature of Semi-passive Mine Water Treatment	2
Evaluation of Water Inrush Vulnerability and Feasibility Analysis of Mining Under Rivers: A Case Study Involving the Jinjie Coal Mine in China	2
Water in Mining and Environment for Sustainability	2
Characterisation of Pb/Zn Tailings and Drainage Waters to Inform Post-Closure Water Treatment Strategies	2
Valanko et al.: About Water Treatment (Book Review)	2
Electrokinetic Studies of Mine Tailings Considering Dewatering and Mass Transport at the Miduk Copper Mine, SE Iran	2
Adsorption Efficiency of Bentonite Clay and Parrotia persica During Acid Mine Drainage Treatment for the Removal of Turbid Material	2
Passive Treatment of Circumneutral Mine Drainage from the St. Louis Mine Tunnel, Rico CO: Part 2—Vertical Biotreatment Train Pilot Study	2
Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Studies on Steady-State Seepage Through 3D Rockfill Trapezoidal Dikes	2
Mobility of Be, Bi, F, Ga, Ge and W in Surface Water and the Water Quality Impact on Epilithic Diatoms Downstream of the Historical Yxsjöberg Mine Site, Sweden	2
Predicting the Height of the Hydraulic Fracture Zone Using a Convolutional Neural Network	2
Remote Sensing Data and Indices to Support Water Management: A Holistic Post-mining Approach for Lignite Mining in Greece	2
Removal of Molybdenum from Mining-Impacted Water by Sorption onto Manganese-Rich Sludge	2
Tracer Test Method to Confirm Hydraulic Connectivity Between Goafs in a Coal Mine	2
Intelligent Mine Water Management Tools—eMetsi and Machine Learning GUI	2
Spatial–Temporal Distribution and Factors Influencing the Soil Vadose Zone Water Content in Mining-Area Grasslands	2
Identification and Prioritisation of Mine Pollution Sources in a Temperate Watershed Using Tracer Injection and Synoptic Sampling	2
A DEMATEL-ISM-BN Model of Mine Water Inrush Accidents	2
Evaluation of Hydrotalcites Produced in Seawater for Remediation of Metalliferous Acid Mine Drainage and Submarine Placement	2
Hydro-Mechanically Coupled Numerical Modelling of Protective Water Barrier Pillars in Underground Coal Mines in India	2
Ochre Particles in River Sediments in Coal Mining Areas (A Study of the Kizel Coal Basin, Russia)	2
Laboratory Simulation of Groundwater Along Uranium-Mining-Affected Flow Paths Near the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA	2
Numerical Simulations of How Staged Dewatering and Mining Influence Surface Subsidence	2
Random Mixing of Acid Generating and Neutralizing Waste Rock as a Management Strategy at the Gold Acres Mine, NV USA	2
Mercury Partitioning and Behavior in Streams and Source Areas Affected by the Novo-Ursk Gold Sulfide Tailings (West Siberia, Russia)	2
Theoretical and Simulation Investigations of Water Inrushes Due to Fault Activation by Mining	2
A Hydro-Economic Model for Optimizing Management of Mine Water: A Case Study in the Suancigou Coal Mine, Northwestern China	2
Investigation of a Method to Prevent Rock Failure and Disaster Due to a Collapse Column Below the Mine	2
Tracing Mine Water Flows in a Dolomite Quarry, South Africa, Using Hydrochemistry and Stable Isotopes	2
Environmental Aspects of a Major ARD Source at El Indio Au-Cu-As District, North-Central Chile	2