애팔래치아 탄전 개발로 인한 삼림훼손
애팔래치아의 탄전은 대부분 역청탄이고 아래 음영기복도와 함께 비교하면서 관찰하면 의외로 습곡지역에는 탄전이 없고, West Virginia지역쪽으로 발달했군요 Though the practice of mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is perhaps best-known in West Virginia, it is one of the main drivers of forest change in the entire region of central Appalachia - along the Cumberland and Alleghany Plateaus in eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, southwest Virginia and eastern T..