strip mining - mining technique in which the land and vegetation covering the mineral being sought are stripped away by huge machines, usually damaging the land severely and limiting subsequent uses.
strip mining A process that uses large earth-moving machines to scrape soil or rock away from mineral deposits just under the earth's surface.
strip mining : A process that uses machines to scrape soil or rock away from mineral deposits just under Earth's surface.
Strip mining operations for removal of uranium-bearing ore.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Surface Uranium Mines: Strip mining operations for removal of uranium-bearing ore.
Surface Water: All water naturally open to the atmosphere -- rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, etc.
compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur are a direct result of anthropogenic activity. An example reaction that takes place in soil occurs from the oxidation of reduced sulfur (for instance, pyrite) exposed during, for instance, strip mining of ...
 See also: Mining, Liquid, Pollution, Environmental, Air pollution
  
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