Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 3. Licking River coal reserve district

William T. Plass

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Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 3. Licking River coal reserve district

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William T. Plass

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-68. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6p.

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Abstract

Results of an airphoto survey to determine the extent of land disturbance by coal mining and by coal-haul roads in one of the six coal-reserve districts of eastern Kentucky. Describes the district, forest cover, physiography and geology, and distribution and physical characteristics of the 1,456 acres disturbed in this 1.1 million-acre district.

Citation

Plass, William T. 1967. Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 3. Licking River coal reserve district. Research Note NE-68. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6p.