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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Southern West Virginia"”.
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TRANSFORMATION: Southern West Virginia Coal Miner's Museum
The use of architecture as a transformation tool can barely do that job if no intervention is permitted to take place. Sometimes it is right to gently touch or leave unmarked, but sometimes it is necessary to expose in order to preserve
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Food patterns of southern West Virginia coal miners
Fifty-one male coal miners between 18 and 65 years old (78% underground and 22% surface miners) completed a self-administered questionnaire. Population and food pattern characteristics were described. Food frequencies were used to obtain a food score which was a weighted average of the frequency of …
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Soil genesis on relatively young surface mined lands in southern West Virginia
… River formation of the Pennsylvanian system in southern West Virginia. Within each group, we sampled nine separate sites and further categorized each to one of three predominant overburden types as observed in the exposed highwall (either predominantly sandstone or shale or an approximately even …
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Small mammal communities on a reclaimed mountaintop mine/valley fill landscape in southern West Virginia
… Peromyscus, house mice (Mus musculus), southern bog lemmings ( Synaptomys cooperi), and masked shrews (S. cinereus) were more common in reclaimed treatments. These species were generally found in expected habitats. Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) occupied drainage channels, a …
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The determination of surface mine soil erodibility factors for two soils in southern West Virginia
… type portable rainfall simulator, developed at Virginia Tech from support by the Office of Surface Mining, Department of Interior under Grant NO. G5114009, was used to apply 2.3 inch per hour “storms” to three replicated plots to determine surface mine soil erodibility factors for two distinctly …
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Aspects of Cyclic Sedimentation in the Upper Mississippian, Mauch Chunk Group, southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia
… Mauch Chunk Group strata constitute a westward-thinning clastic wedge of strata up to 1000m thick that developed in the Central Appalachian Basin over a ~ 7 million year time interval. Included within the Mauch Chunk Group are multiple incised-valley fills and a distinctive prodeltaic …
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Effects of repetitive electroshocking on fish populations in experimental raceways and a small headwater stream in southern West Virginia
Fisheries scientists have utilized electrofishing extensively to sample and assess aquatic populations. The physiological responses of fish exposed to electroshock ranges from sensory recognition, through electrotaxis and electronarcosis, to death. This study examined the effects of repetitive …
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Raptor abundance and diversity and red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus) habitat characteristics on reclaimed mountaintop mines in southern West Virginia
… winter) on 3 mountaintop/valley fill mines in southern West Virginia. Habitat characteristics of Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) were examined at landscape and microhabitat scales. Forty-eight points were surveyed monthly (Feb. 2000--Jan. 2001) using broadcast calls. I quantified …
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Meramecian conodonts and biostratigraphy of the (upper Mississippian) Greenbrier Limestone (Hurricane Ridge and Greendale Synclines), southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia
… Greendale and Hurricane Ridge Synclines of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. The Little Valley Formation, Hillsdale Limestone and lower portions of the "Denmar-Gasper" and "Ste. Genevieve" Formations, consisting of rocks deposited in a variety of shallow carbonate-ramp …
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Terrestrial paleoecology of distal deltaic environments of the upper Mississippian Bluefield, Hinton and Bluestone formations of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia
Multiple sections at 13 localities in West Virginia and Virginia, that expose the Early Carboniferous (Late Mississippian) Bluefield, Hinton, and Bluestone Formations, were measured. Geological structures and paleontological occurrences were recorded. In situ rooted plants were compared with …
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Sequence Stratigraphy and Architecture of Lower Pennsylvanian Strata, Southern West Virginia: Potential for Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced Coal-Bed Methane Recovery in the Pocahontas Basin
… strata within the Bradshaw CBM field, southern McDowell County, WV. Analysis of outcrop, gamma ray and density logs, and eight cross-sections within the study area reveals a hierarchy of bounding discontinuities and architectural elements. Discontinuities are both erosional …
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Kingdom Come: Stories of Modern Appalachia
… the rural mountains of Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia.</p>
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Comparison of Groundwater Seepage Modeling in Approximate Original Contour and Geomorphic Valley Fill Design
Excess spoil generated during surface mining in southern West Virginia is generally placed in headwater valleys. Known as valley fills, these structures are designed to move water rapidly through constructed drains to maximize geotechnical stability using the conventional design method termed …
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Hydrologic Response of Alternative Valley Fill Reclamation Designs
… surface mine sites in semi-arid regions of the western U.S. is geomorphic landform design. Geomorphic reclamation is based upon creating landforms that resemble the mature surrounding watersheds in both topography and hydrologic response. The objective of this research was to predict the …
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Making and Breaking Big Rural: Science and Technology Construct the Coalfield
… space such as the Pocahontas Coalfield in Southern West Virginia/Southwest Virginia. It examines the ramifications of this single sector rural space, and of automation and coalfield technology, on its inhabitants, especially on their capacity for democratic practice. In a call for science …
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Qualitative Exploration of Timeliness of Pursuits of Higher Education By non-Traditional Female Baccalaureate Students In West Virginia
… non-traditional students at Concord College in southern West Virginia. The researcher studied females, educated in West Virginia, who had completed at least 30 semester hours, and who were at least 25 years of age at the time of admission. The study focused on identifying several factors common …
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Cemetery Siting in the Bluestone Reservation Area, Summers County, West Virginia: 1750-1997
… cemetery utilization and maintenance in rural southern West Virginia. Early cemeteries were sited in river and creek bottoms. More recently sited cemeteries are located at higher elevations.
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Analysis of the variation of horizontal stresses and strains in bedded deposits in the eastern and Midwestern United States
… in bedded deposits in the eastern and Midwestern United States is analyzed with respect to the site depth and the rock elastic modulus using data from 40 sites. For the development of adequate regression models with the elastic modulus, zones with sufficiently uniform strains must be …
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