Coal Mining Regions of West Virginia Flatter After Decades of Mountaintop Removal

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By Yale Environment 360Feb 8, 2016, 12:56 pm99 pts
Decades of mountaintop coal mining have substantially altered the topography of central Appalachia, according to new Appalachian mountain and valley affected by mining esearch by Duke University. Areas affected by mining are as much as 60 percent flatter than they were pre-mining. In mountaintop mining, bedrock…

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