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QUARRYING IN KARST

Published Saturday, March 01, 2003

Demand for aggregate has been on the rise since 1992, leaving producers increasingly forced to quarry aggregate in karst environments. With the increase in karst quarrying has come growing concern for the potential environmental damage that can be done to these regions, which cover about 10% of the world's land surface. Bill Langer has been a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey since 1971. At the January 2003 meeting of the Chicago Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Langer examined the potential damages from quarrying and a strategy for mitigating damage to these sensitive ...

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