[HTML][HTML] The environmental impacts of river sand mining

ES Rentier, LH Cammeraat - Science of the Total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for construction-grade sand is growing at a tremendous rate and the world is
expected to run out of this resource by 2050. Construction-grade sand, hereafter referred to …

Integrated management of the Ganga River: An ecohydrological approach

R Singh, GS Singh - Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ganga River is the national river of India due to its very high socio-cultural,
economic and ecological significance. It forms the largest river basin of India that supports …

The unsustainable use of sand: Reporting on a global problem

W Leal Filho, J Hunt, A Lingos, J Platje, LW Vieira… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sand is considered one of the most consumed natural resource, being essential to many
industries, including building construction, electronics, plastics, and water filtration. This …

Performance of sustainable lightweight foam concrete prepared using palm oil fuel ash as a sand replacement

A Al-Shwaiter, H Awang, MA Khalaf - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of waste materials as sand replacements has gained attention owing
to the increased severity of sand depletion and its consequences on river and forest …

Mechanical properties of oil palm waste lightweight aggregate concrete with fly ash as fine aggregate replacement

MNAA Zawawi, K Muthusamy, APPA Majeed… - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental degradation posed by fly ash (FA) disposal from coal power plants and shell
from the oil palm fruit processing trade is non-trivial. The destruction of flora and fauna …

Turbulence structure and bank erosion process in a dredged channel

S Arora, HK Patel, AD Lade… - River Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Riverbank erosion has significant geomorphological as well as anthropogenic
consequences. The geomorphological impacts include form changes such as lateral …

Higher-order turbulence statistics and multiscale characterization of morphodynamics in a riverbank section with an upstream mining pit

S Arora, AD Lade, B Kumar - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Channel dredging has become a common phenomenon across several fluvial systems. Pits
dredged in the riverbank can influence the downstream turbulence and affect the bank slope …

Investigation of local scouring around hydrodynamic and circular pile groups under the influence of river material harvesting pits

R Daneshfaraz, A Ghaderi, M Sattariyan, B Alinejad… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mining activities can endanger the stability of hydraulic structures. Numerical modeling of
local scouring around hydrodynamic and circular bridge pile groups, due to the action of …

Quantification of continuous sand flux time-series downstream of a dam during a flushing event

B Camenen, G Dramais, J Laible, J Le Coz… - Environmental Fluid …, 2024 - Springer
Sand dynamics is an important issue in harnessed gravel-bed rivers where sand deposits
can locally impact river management for ecological or safety purposes. However, sand flux is …

Does sand mining affect the remobilization of copper and zinc in sediments?—A case study of the Jialing River (China)

F Xu, Y Jia, Y Wang, F Zhang, L Li, Y Li, L Ren… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that the sand mining industry causes severe destruction in river
basin environments. In this study, six sediment cores were collected, and sequential …