Flooding of Two Coal Open-Pit Mines in Serbia: The Aftermath of Global Climate Change
S. Vujic, M. Radosavljevic, S. Polavder
Belgrade Mining Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
Keywords: Глобальное изменение климата, затопление угольных карьеров, угольный бассейн “Колубара”, “Тамнава - Западное поле”, “Велики-Црлени”, Global climate change, mine flooding, Kolubara Mining Basin, Tamnava West Field, Veliki Crljeni
Abstract
In mid-May 2014, flooding caused by unprecedented rainfall wreaked havoc on Serbia. In the night between May 14 and 15, the swollen Kolubara River with its tributaries flooded the Tamnava West Field and Veliki Crljeni coal open-pit mines. The paper describes the course of flood events, the consequences of the outflow of about 214.4 million m3 of water into the depressions of the open-pit mines, and the damage resulting from this devastating accident that hit the Kolubara Mining Basin.
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