Environmental impacts of mountaintop mines and valley fills on stream ecosystems in Central Appalachia /

This book assesses the state of the science on the environmental impacts of mountaintop mines and valley fills (MTM-VF) on streams in the Central Appalachian Coalfields. These coalfields cover about 48,000 square kilometers (12 million acres) in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, USA....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wagner, Julian M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
Colección:Environmental research advances series.
Temas:
Ecology > Appalachian Region.
Stream ecology > Appalachian Region.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Ecology
Stream ecology
Appalachian Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MOUNTAIN TOP MINES AND VALLEY FILLS ON STREAM ECOSYSTEMS IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA
  • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MOUNTAIN TOP MINES AND VALLEY FILLS ON STREAM ECOSYSTEMS IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: THE EFFECTS OF MOUNTAINTOP MINES AND VALLEY FILLS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS
  • ABSTRACT
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
  • FOREWORD
  • 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 2. INTRODUCTION
  • 3. LOSS OF HEADWATER RESOURCES
  • 4. IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY5. AQUATIC TOXICITY TESTS
  • 6. IMPACTS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
  • 7. RECLAMATION, MITIGATION, AND RECOVERY
  • 8. SUMMARY, INFORMATION GAPS AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  • APPENDIX A. LITERATURE SEARCHES
  • APPENDIX B. REGULATORY ISSUES RELATED TO MTM-VF OPERATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2: MOUNTAINTOP MINING: BACKGROUND ON CURRENT CONTROVERSIES
  • SUMMARY
  • WHAT IS MOUNTAINTOP MINING?
  • CRITICISM AND LEGAL CHALLENGES TO MOUNTAINTOP MINING
  • ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY
  • INDEX

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