The effects of mountaintop mines and valley fills on the physicochemical quality of stream ecosystems in the central Appalachians: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Griffith, Michael B ^a   Norton, Susan B ^a   Alexander, Laurie C ^a   Pollard, Amina I ^a   LeDuc, Stephen D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Appalachian coalfields; Mountaintop mining; Physiochemical effects; Streams; Valley fills

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; BASE SURFACE; BASEFLOWS; COAL MINING; COAL SEAMS; COALFIELDS; FINE PARTICLES; FINE SEDIMENTS; HEAD WATERS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; KENTUCKY; LEACHATES; MAJOR IONS; MINING SITES; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOWS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION PONDS; STREAM BANKS; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; STREAMS; VALLEY FILLS; VIRGINIA; WATER TEMPERATURES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; COMPACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MANGANESE; STREAM FLOW;

LANDFORMS;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL; POTASSIUM; PYRITE; SELENIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; COAL MINING; COAL SEAM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEACHATE; MINE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEAK DISCHARGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; VALLEY FILL;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ALTITUDE; CATCHMENT; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ION CONDUCTANCE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

APPALACHIAN REGION; BICARBONATES; CALCIUM; COAL MINING; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; SEASONS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

APPALACHIANS; KENTUCKY; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84857032769     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.042     Document Type: Review

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