The 8th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, 13-17 October 2014 / Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, TurkeyIn the past three decades, a few small scale private enterprises have been operating
around Can Region, Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey which is rich in lignite reserves. They
have abandoned the operation land without providing any working of rehabilitation.
during the operation of high sulfur content lignite, the topography have been damaged
and this caused the large holes and deterioration in these areas. As a result of
discharge of surface water the artificial lakes have been formed. In the course of the
time, these lakes gain acidic character due to acid generation from pyrite oxidation.
Significantly high acidity with low pH values ranging from 2.53 to 3.05 is recorded
from AMLs