Self-healing time estimation of abandoned mine areas using remote sensing

Kaplan, Gordana and Uygucgil, Hakan and Adjiski, Vancho (2022) Self-healing time estimation of abandoned mine areas using remote sensing. Natural Resources and Technology, 16 (1). pp. 69-76. ISSN 1857-6966

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Abstract

Lately, remote sensing has been an effective tool for monitoring the Earth and environmental changes. Landsat with its legacy is providing available data for time-based research. The aim of this paper is to estimate the time of the self-healing progress of an abandoned mine area using Landsat satellite images. In this study, five Landsat satellite images were used. As a study area, the abandoned Damjan mine in the southeastern part of the Republic of N. Macedonia has been chosen. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) values were used to classify Landsat images into barren land, bared soil, mixture of vegetation, vegetation, and water bodies. The NDVI values lower than zero are considered to be the area affected by the mine. The healing of the mine has been established using the annual growth rate analysis. It was found that the area has been healing approximately 10 % every year and a prediction was made for the study area till the year 2030.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mine, remote sensing, environment, Landsat, annual growth rate
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Vanco Adziski
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2022 09:58
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2022 09:58
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30145

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