Stream response to subsidence from underground coal mining in central Utah

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 279-291

  Sidle, R C ^a   Kamil, I ^b   Sharma, A ^c   Yamashita, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d TOYOTA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitat; Channel morphology; Landslides; Longwall mining; Wasatch Plateau

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; STREAMWATER; SUBSIDENCE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0033950422     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050007     Document Type: Article

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