Opencast Coal Mining Induced Degeneration of Streams: A GIS Based Study of the Raniganj Coalfield, India
Sourav Mukherjee & Deb Prakash Pahari · Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International · 2018
Aims: Extraction of coal by the opencast (OC) method generates huge amounts of waste materials due to the removal of overlying rock and soil. These materials (overburden) are dumped near the mining site. Thus, anthropogenic landforms li...
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10.9734/JGEESI/2018/42253