Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed
Mountaintop mining is the dominant form of coal mining and the largest driver of land cover change in the central Appalachians. The waste rock from these surface mines is disposed of in the adjacent river valleys, leading to a burial of headwater streams and dramatic increases in salinity and trace...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - 108(2011), 52, Seite 20929-20934
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1. Verfasser: |
Lindberg, T. Ty
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Weitere Verfasser: |
Bernhardt, Emily S.,
Bier, Raven,
Helton, A. M.,
Merola, R. Brittany,
Vengosh, Avner,
Di Giulio, Richard T. |
Format: | Online-Aufsatz
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Sprache: | English |
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2011
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Schlagworte: | Physical sciences
Business
Environmental studies
Political science |