Geomorphic landform design alternatives for an existing valley fill in central Appalachia, USA: Quantifying the key issues

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-29

  DePriest, Nathan C ^a   Hopkinson, Leslie C ^a   Quaranta, John D ^a   Michael, Peter R ^b   Ziemkiewicz, Paul F ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Geomorphic landform design; Reclamation; Restoration; Surface mining; Valley fill

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND RECLAMATION; MINING; OPEN PIT MINING; RECLAMATION; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY CRITERIA; TOPOGRAPHY;

APPALACHIA; CURRENT REGULATIONS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; GEOMORPHIC RECLAMATION; GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY; SURFACE MINE RECLAMATION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; VALLEY FILLS;

LANDFORMS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFORM; MINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VALLEY FILL;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84927137375     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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