Monitoring the effects of longwall mine-induced subsidence on vineyards

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 973-984

  Thompson, Jeffery A ^a   Lamb, David W ^a   Frazier, Paul S ^b   Ellem, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Eco Logical Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hunter valley; Longwall mining; Subsidence impacts; Viticulture

Indexed keywords

LONGWALL MINING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLIMATIC FACTORS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; HUNTER VALLEY; MINING INDUCED SUBSIDENCE; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE CRACKING; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; VITICULTURE;

SUBSIDENCE;

BIOPHYSICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGWALL MINING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SUBSIDENCE; VINEYARD; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VITICULTURE;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 79951580047     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0582-7     Document Type: Article

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