Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 6. Southwestern coal reserve district

William T. Plass

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Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 6. Southwestern coal reserve district

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William T. Plass

Year:

1967

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-72. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.

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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 acres disturbed in this district.

Citation

Plass, William T. 1967. Land disturbances from strip-mining in eastern Kentucky: 6. Southwestern coal reserve district. Research Note NE-72. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.