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Mapping the yearly extent of surface coal mining in Central Appalachia using Landsat and Google Earth Engine
Surface mining for coal has taken place in the Central Appalachian region of the United States for well over a century, with a notable increase since the 1970s. Researchers have quantified the ecosystem and health impacts stemming from mining, relying in part on a geospatial dataset defining surface...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6059389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30044790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197758 |