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

• Main Author: Dulias, Renata (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Subjects: Geography.; Fossil fuels.; Mineral resources.; Environmental sciences.; Geomorphology.; Mineral Resources.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).

This book investigates the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB), one of the oldest and largest mining areas not only in Poland but also in Europe. Using uniform research methods for the whole study area, it also provides a summary of the landscape transformations. Intensive extraction of hard coal, zinc...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: 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.