It has been shown that it is insufficient to rely solely on geochemical data to distinguish the hazardous impact of the mining industry and agricultural complex on the pollution of a particular region

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Surface and subsurface mine contamination: risk assessment methodology (2026) · doi

  Traditional approaches to assess mine hazards are mainly based on the analysis of the surface distribution of explosive remnants of war or on data regarding mine density, which does not account for the complex processes of mine movement within the soil environment.

  Keywords: mine traditional approaches assess hazards mainly based surface distribution explosive remnants regarding density account complex
• Development of Trigger Levels to Assess Catchment Disturbance on Stream Suspended Sediment Loads in the Magela Creek Catchment, Northern Territory, Australia (2010) · doi

  While this technique cannot conclusively determine whether the cause of the disturbance is mine‐related or natural (such as fire or bank erosion), it is an efficient statistical method of identifying events that warrant further investigation and management action, if required.

  Keywords: technique cannot conclusively determine whether cause disturbance mine related natural fire bank erosion efficient statistical
• CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE ON THE HYDROGEOCHEMICAL STATE OF THE TERRITORY (BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF SOUTHERN KRYVBAS) (2025) · doi

  It has been shown that it is insufficient to rely solely on geochemical data to distinguish the hazardous impact of the mining industry and agricultural complex on the pollution of a particular region.

  Keywords: insufficient rely solely geochemical distinguish hazardous impact mining industry agricultural complex pollution particular region