Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses

[EN] Human activities play a key role in landscape evolution. Mining is one of the most important of these since it changes large parts of the Earth’s surface. In abandoned mines and quarries, pit lakes are quite common due to water table blocking. These lakes have remarkable ecological characterist...

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Autores: Redondo Vega, Jose María, Santos-González, Javier, Melón-Nava, Adrián, Gómez-Villar, Amelia, Peña Pérez, Sergio Alberto, González-Gutiérrez, Rosa Blanca
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
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https://hdl.handle.net/10612/24385
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Palabra clave:Geografía
Geología
Open-pit mining
Pit lakes
Slate quarries
Landscape changes
Spain
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spelling Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential UsesRedondo Vega, Jose MaríaSantos-González, JavierMelón-Nava, AdriánGómez-Villar, AmeliaPeña Pérez, Sergio AlbertoGonzález-Gutiérrez, Rosa BlancaGeografíaGeologíaOpen-pit miningPit lakesSlate quarriesLandscape changesSpain2505.07 Geografía Física2506 Geología[EN] Human activities play a key role in landscape evolution. Mining is one of the most important of these since it changes large parts of the Earth’s surface. In abandoned mines and quarries, pit lakes are quite common due to water table blocking. These lakes have remarkable ecological characteristics, but they are still poorly understood. Northwestern Spain has a long tradition in the use of slate for roofs. This exploitation, mostly open-pit, has caused a great transformation in the landscape including the generation of pit lakes. In this work, 27 pit lakes in abandoned slate quarries areas have been analysed using orthophotos of different years, UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) images and field work. In each lake, the topographic context, geomorphological dynamics, morphometric parameters (including depth), pH, and ecological variables were measured. Other uses for these quarry pit lakes and their significance as a new geo-ecological environment are also discussed. The results show different types of pit lakes and, consequently, different potential uses in each case. Only six offer good conditions for recreational uses, whereas the rest (21) show slope instability or poor water quality.SIThis research was funded by the Universidad de León, grant number Ref. 2022/00232/001, entitled “Environmental features, potential for use and geomorphological dynamics in pit lakes in northwestern Spain”. Adrián Melón-Nava was supported by the FPU programme of the Spanish Ministerio de Universidades (FPU20/01220).MDPIGeografia FisicaFacultad de Filosofia y Letras2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/17/2403https://hdl.handle.net/10612/24385reponame:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Leóninstname:Universidad de LeónIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/243852026-06-24T12:43:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
title Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
spellingShingle Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
Redondo Vega, Jose María
Geografía
Geología
Open-pit mining
Pit lakes
Slate quarries
Landscape changes
Spain
2505.07 Geografía Física
2506 Geología
title_short Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
title_full Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
title_fullStr Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
title_full_unstemmed Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
title_sort Pit Lakes in Abandoned Slate Quarries in Northwestern Spain: Characteristics and Potential Uses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Redondo Vega, Jose María
Santos-González, Javier
Melón-Nava, Adrián
Gómez-Villar, Amelia
Peña Pérez, Sergio Alberto
González-Gutiérrez, Rosa Blanca
author Redondo Vega, Jose María
author_facet Redondo Vega, Jose María
Santos-González, Javier
Melón-Nava, Adrián
Gómez-Villar, Amelia
Peña Pérez, Sergio Alberto
González-Gutiérrez, Rosa Blanca
author_role author
author2 Santos-González, Javier
Melón-Nava, Adrián
Gómez-Villar, Amelia
Peña Pérez, Sergio Alberto
González-Gutiérrez, Rosa Blanca
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Geografia Fisica
Facultad de Filosofia y Letras
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Geografía
Geología
Open-pit mining
Pit lakes
Slate quarries
Landscape changes
Spain
2505.07 Geografía Física
2506 Geología
topic Geografía
Geología
Open-pit mining
Pit lakes
Slate quarries
Landscape changes
Spain
2505.07 Geografía Física
2506 Geología
description [EN] Human activities play a key role in landscape evolution. Mining is one of the most important of these since it changes large parts of the Earth’s surface. In abandoned mines and quarries, pit lakes are quite common due to water table blocking. These lakes have remarkable ecological characteristics, but they are still poorly understood. Northwestern Spain has a long tradition in the use of slate for roofs. This exploitation, mostly open-pit, has caused a great transformation in the landscape including the generation of pit lakes. In this work, 27 pit lakes in abandoned slate quarries areas have been analysed using orthophotos of different years, UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) images and field work. In each lake, the topographic context, geomorphological dynamics, morphometric parameters (including depth), pH, and ecological variables were measured. Other uses for these quarry pit lakes and their significance as a new geo-ecological environment are also discussed. The results show different types of pit lakes and, consequently, different potential uses in each case. Only six offer good conditions for recreational uses, whereas the rest (21) show slope instability or poor water quality.
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