Geobiotechnological Solutions to Anthropogenic Disturbances: A Caribbean Perspective

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Post-mining Nutrient Depletion of Bauxite Overburdens in Jamaica: Storage Methods or Subsoil Dilution?....Pages 3-19
Dust Reduction in Bauxite Red Mud Waste using Carbonation, Gypsum & Flocculation....Pages 21-48
Fragility and Bearing Capacity of Gray Shales in North-Eastern Jamaica After Landslips: Origins, and Implications for Open-Cut Mines....Pages 49-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Hydrocarbon-Contamination of Soils Around a Trinidadian Pitch Lake: Red Muds as a Resistance to Potential Soil Toxicants....Pages 83-99
Geotechnical Stability of Two Gypsum-Treated Bauxite Red Muds and “Marl” as a Road Base Under Submerged Conditions....Pages 101-120
Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Some Un-calcined Red Mud Mortars: Geotechnical Implications....Pages 121-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Bioremediation of a Stagnant Polluted Acid Mine Drainage Using a Clay-Lime Spiked Sludge and Bacterial Degradation....Pages 143-193
Detoxification of Acid Drainage Using Inorganic pH Buffers in a Constant Flow Bioreactor....Pages 195-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Aggregation of Sodic Subsoils Using Gypsum and Decomposable Phyto-organics: Interactions and Implications for Bauxite Red Muds....Pages 227-255
Structural Amelioration of Indurated Gypsum-Treated Bauxite Red Mud Tailings Using Bacterially Mediated Organic Treatments....Pages 257-277
Management of a Potential Mine Capping for Reclamation of Open-Cut Mines: Responses to Decomposable Organic Treatments....Pages 279-310
Erodibility of Unconsolidated Mine Wastes Under Simulated Rainfall and Hydraulic Forces After Organic Amendments....Pages 311-333
Modification of Hydraulic Conductivity and Aggregation in Pyritic Mine Tailings Materials with Sludge and Decomposable Phyto-Organics....Pages 335-368
Quenching of Phosphorus-Fixation in a Disturbed Caribbean Bauxite Mine Overburden Using Root Exudates: Implications for Acidic Tropical Soils....Pages 369-392
Cold-Water Starch Dissolution Bioreactors: Role in Treating Heap-Leached Wastewater from Precious Metal and REE Ores....Pages 393-406
Air, Land, and Water Contamination from Industrial Processing of Bitter Cassava: Implications for Pre-emptive Moisture-Pressure Combination Treatments....Pages 407-420
A Multiphase Outflow Purification System (MOPS) for Long-Term Sustainability of Acid Mine Drainage Detoxification and Metal Recovery....Pages 421-430