Stability and erosion on steep slopes constructed by the forest reclamation approach in the southern appalachian region

Joint Mining Reclamation Conf. 2010 - 27th Meeting of the ASMR, 12th Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conf. and 4th Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Mined Land Reforestation Conf.

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 470-488

  Jeldes, Isaac A ^a   Hoomehr, Siavash ^a   Wright, Wesley C ^b   Schwartz, John S ^b   Lane, David E ^c   Drumm, Eric C ^d  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Dept of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science ^*  (United States)

^c Office of Surface Mining   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Sediment; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLLECTION DEVICE; DIFFERENT COALS; EROSION RESISTANCE; FIRST YEAR; FOREST RECLAMATION; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW LEVEL; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SIMPLE METHOD; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE MATERIALS; TREE GROWTH; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND SPEED;

ABANDONED MINES; COMPACTION; EROSION; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE STABILITY; SUN;

RECLAMATION;

EID: 84867078900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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