Mitsuhiro SHIBATA, Shunsuke SHINAGAWA, Yasuhito SASAKI

Abstract

Although mines occasionally cause environmental pollution, their location and the geological characteristics provide information useful for risk assessment on environmental pollution caused by rocks.
In this study, in order to predict the heavy metals contamination on construction sites caused by natural rocks, the distribution map and the database of mines all over Japan have been constructed with special emphasis on the identification of places of high risk.