Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites

Christopher Kennedy University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S IA4 Coal is a valuable resource. It provides a significant amount of the World''s energy supply and it is the basis for many industries. However, in areas where coal lies close to the Earth''s surface and has been exploited by open cast tech­ niques, radical alterations of...