INDEX OF ACRONYMS IN TEXT, FIGURES AND TABLES.. 8 // 1 INTRODUCTION 9 // 2 GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE LANDSCAPE AFFECTED BY UNDERGROUND MINING // OF COAL SEAMS 12 // 2.1 South Moravian Lignite District 12 // 2.1.1 Geological evolution and its effect on the landscape 12 // 2.1.2 Development of extraction in the South Moravian Lignite District 12 // 2.1.3 Hydrogeology in the South Moravian Lignite District 13 // 2.2 The Kladno District 15 // 2.2.1 Geological conditions and stratigraphy 15 // 2.2.2 Hydrogeological and gas conditions 18 // 2.2.3 Coal extraction 19 // 2.3 The Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 22 // 2.3.1 Mining operations 22 // 2.3.2 Balance of materials taken from lithosphere 24 // 2.3.3 Methane in Carboniferous massif 25 // 2.3.4 Natural seismic activity in the region 26 // 2.4 Assessment method for coal reserves 27 // 3 IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT BY UNDERGROUND COAL AND LIGNITE MINING 28 // 3.1 Deformation of surface by undermining 28 // 3.1.1 The South Moravian Lignite District 28 // 3.1.2 The Kladno District 30 // 3.1.3 The Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 33 // 3.2 Impacts of mining operations on watercourses, water reservoirs and/or on the change of streamflow conditions 37 // 3.2.1 The South Moravian Lignite District 37 // 3.2.2 The Kladno District 38 // 3.2.3 The Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 40 // 3.3 Methane in coal seam in the carboniferous massif affected by coal extraction in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 42 // 3.4 Seismic activity 43 // 3.4.1 Seismic activity in the Kladno District 43 // 3.4.2 Seismic activity of the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 44 // 3.5 Surface dumping sites of extracted materials 46 // 3.5.1 Mine dumps in the South Moravian // Lignite District 47 // 3-5.2 Mine dumps in the Kladno District 47 // 3.5.3 Mine dumps, flotation and coal settling pits as a lasting impact on landscape in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 50 //
3.6 Landscape recultivation 60 // 3.6.1 Protection of surface buildings and the impact // of mining activity on forest and soil in the South Moravian Lignite District 60 // 3.6.2 Reclamation in the Kladno District 60 // 3.6.3 Reclamation in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 62 // 4 LIMITATION OF UNDERGROUND EXTRACTION OF HARD COAL AND LIGNITE SINCE 1990 65 // 4.1 Procedure of the coal mine closure and changes in use of the South Moravian Lignite District .65 // 4.2 The closure of coal mines in the Kladno District 71 // 4.3 The decline of coal extraction in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 71 // 5 SUBSIDENCE OF LANDSCAPE AFTER THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGROUND MINING 72 // 5.1 Situation in the South Moravian Lignite District .72 // 5.2 Evolution of the subsidence in the Kladno District 72 // 5.3 Affected area and evolution of the subsidence in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 77 // 6 THE IMPACT OF END OF WATER PUMPING FROM COAL MINE ON HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF AREA 78// 6.1 The expected effects of pumping mine water ending in the South Moravian Lignite District 78 // 6.2 The impact of mine water pumping ending on surface rivers in the Kladno District 81 // 6.3 The protection of yet active coal mines in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield against a water breakout hazard and uncontrolled water overflows from inundated coal mines 81 // 7 COAL BED METHANE IN THE OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ COALFIELD 84 // 8 SEISMIC ACTIVITY AFTER THE TERMINATION OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINING 87 // 8.1 The Kladno District 87 // 8.2 The assumed development after the closure of mines in the eastern part of the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 88 // 8.3 Rock bursts during the decline of coal extraction and after the closure of a coal mine 89 // 9 RECLAMATION AFTER 1990 92 // 9.1 Reclamation in the Kladno District 92 // 9.2 Reclamation in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 92 //
10 BROWNFIELDS LEFT BY MINING COMPANIES 95 // 10.1 Definition, categorization, specific features.95 // 10.2 Mining museum at the Mayrau Mine 95 // 10.3 Brownfields left by mining companies in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 96 // 10.3-1 Minig museums in OKR 97 // 10.3.2 Potential utilization of brownfields 98 // 11 OTHER IMPACTS OF MINING ACTIVITY ON SURFACE 100 // 11.1 The South Moravian Lignite District 100 // 11.2 Biota conditions in the Kladno District 100 // 11.3 Development and the changes of biota in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield 100 // 12 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT // STRUCTURE 109 // 12.1 Economic development and settlement in the South Moravian Lignite District 109 // 12.2 History and development of settlement structure in the Kladno District 109 // 12.3 Some features of demographic development in the Ostrava region 109 // 13 SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATION AFTER 1990 ON SOUTH MORAVIAN LIGNITE DISTRICT, KLADNO DISTRICT AND ON OSTRAVA-KARVINÁ COALFIELD 111 // 14 PRESENT SITUATION AND LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT TO BE 112 // 15 FINAL SUMMARY OF THE KNOWLEDGE FROM THE PERIOD OF THE COALMINING DECLINE AND THE PROPOSED MEASURES FOR ITS FURTHER USE 116 // 15.1 The period after the decline of deposit extraction 116 // 15.2 The measures towards reduction of mining activity on new sites 117 // 16 CONCLUSION 118 // LITERATURE 121