Impacts of Mining on Geomorphic Systems

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-95

  Mossa, J ^a   James, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate mining; Dredging; Geomorphic hazards; Hydraulic mining; Landscape evolution; Mountaintop mining; Open pits; Reclamation; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894029991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00344-4     Document Type: Chapter

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