Sentence examples for mining sediments from inspiring English sources

At the time of his death, Tendetza, 47, was organising local indigenous federations which were protesting against the contamination of local rivers by mining sediments and the eviction of local people, both Shuar and colonos – a term used for mixed-race Ecuadorian settlers.

Neil Beaver, a hydrologist with the Lands Council, said his group opposed the biggest of the logging projects here because of a fear that it would lead to worse flooding and stir mining sediments in the heavily polluted Coeur d'Alene valley.

Reworking of stored hydraulic mining sediment in low-order tributaries continues to elevate upper Yuba River sediment yields.

Samples from the Penn Mine sediments were shipped frozen to Microbial Insights (Rockford, TN) for analysis of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE).

Powder X-ray diffraction indicated the dominant presence of quartz and muscovite with minor amounts of pyrite in the mine sediments.

Total sulfur content in the Penn Mine sediment was determined to be 6.06 ± 0.12 wt%.

DGGE analysis of the mine sediment indicates that the dominant bacteria are a diverse community composed of iron- and sulfur-reducing bacteria.

The least comprehensive discussion is found in the Mount Isa materials which note "Parts of the city have natural mineralisation with lead and other metal ores and traces of historic mine sediment" [ 47].

Any large-scale operation for mining seafloor sediments would have to be continuous in order to be efficient, and the hydraulic dredge could be a solution to this challenge.

To demonstrate the applicability of the present models, a numerical study is provided on the dynamics of an otherwise aggrading channel in response to sediment mining, showing the role of sediment mining in mitigating river aggradation.

Thirty-five soil samples were taken from unconfined mine waste, stream sediments, and surfaces unoccupied by mining and presumably unaffected by it, in a sulphur-mining zone surrounded by carbonate material and characterized by a semi-arid climate with short torrential storms.