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The Impact of Mining on the Landscape: A Study of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland

The Impact of Mining on the Landscape: A Study of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland

Dulias, Renata

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Series: Environmental Science and Engineering

Environmental StudiesGeographyGeology

ISBN10: 3319805940
ISBN13: 9783319805948
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Apr 22 2018
Pages: 209
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Introduction.- Human activity as a geomorphic factor.- Impact of mining on landscape.- Anthropogenic denudation as a research problem.- Research methods and data sources.- Environment of study area.- A brief history of mining in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.- Iron ore mining.- Zinc and lead ores mining.- Hard coal mining.- Rocks resources mining.- Anthropogenic landforms in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.- Excavations.- Waste heaps.- Subsidence troughs.- Sinkholes.- Fissures and thresholds.- Changes in morphometric parameters of terrain caused by mining.- Changes in altitude.- Changes in relative height.- Changes in slope angles.- Changes in circulation matter in drainage basins.- Sediment production zone.- Transfer zone.- Deposition zone.- Changes in circulation matter in land-locked basins.- Anthropogenic denudation rate in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.- Anthropogenic denudation rates calculated from raw materials output.- Anthropogenic denudation rates calculated from morphometric analysis.- Forecasts of anthropogenic denudation.- Anthropogenic denudation rate in other mining areas.- Mining areas in Poland.- Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin, Czech Republic.- Ruhr Coal Basin (Ruhr District), Germany.- Summary and conclusions.- References.

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