A methodological audit of regional hydrogeochemical literature reveals a systemic gap. Legacy environmental assessments for the Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin rely on frameworks designed for fresh water, which fail when applied to highly mineralized mine waters. Standard equilibrium algorithms are inadequate for environments with extreme ionic strength.

This limitation extends to mass transport: conventional modeling overlooks density-driven convection and gravitational settling of heavy brines, leading to inaccurate spatial migration models.

Overcoming this inertia requires a return to the fundamental laws of chemical thermodynamics and multiphase flow physics, aligning predictive models with actual environmental constraints.

👇 The link to download the updated monograph (v0.80, Open Access, in Ukrainian):
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20709306

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