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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Wagner, Julian M.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]
Collection:Environmental research advances series.
Sujets:
Ecology > Appalachian Region.
Stream ecology > Appalachian Region.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Ecology
Stream ecology
Appalachian Region
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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. This book focuses on the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining, which, as its name suggests, involves removing all-or some portion-of the top of a mountain or ridge to expose and mine one or more coal seams. The excess overburden is disposed of in constructed fills in small valleys or hollows.
Description:Includes index.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (293 pages)
ISBN:9781629480978
1629480975

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