Mountain top removal
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2015-01-28
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Dawson, Riley
Winters, Paige
Matson, Jojo
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Abstract
Mountaintop removal can be defined as an invasive form of coal mining in which the soil, rock and plant life of a mountain is destroyed and removed through the use of explosives in order to mine the coal seams underneath.