Land use in the catchments draining to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon has changed
considerably since the introduction of livestock grazing, various crops, mining and urban …

This article provides a comprehensive and chronological account of the technological
advancements in alluvial gold mining. Gold has been a highly prized commodity throughout …

Industrial‐scale metal mining has long been a feature of developing economies. Processing
ores to recover minerals has generated large quantities of waste rock, tailings and …

Relatively impermeable soil-free substrates (clay-rich outcrops and sediments) exposed at
eight abandoned placer gold mines generate alkaline mine drainage through evaporation …

Urbanisation is a transformative process that can dramatically reshape land surfaces.
Archaeologists working in urban environments are often required to relate the outcomes of …

Hydrological connectivity affects the material cycling and energy transfer of ecosystems and
is an important indicator for assessing the function of aquatic ecosystems. Therefore …

Unregulated metal mining mobilises high volumes of waste sediments to river systems
within impacted catchments, increasing sediment yields, contaminating floodplain stores …

In recent years, the accelerated development of the remote sensing domain and the
improvement of the resolution and frequency of satellite images allowed the increase in the …

Mining, the extraction of geological materials from the Earth, is an activity integral to modern
society that has a long history, occurs in a wide range of geomorphic settings, and is part of …

Bucket dredging to mine and extract gold and tin from rivers is a global industry that has had
a range of negative effects on physical environments. These include the destruction of …