Original paper
Geosites – Treasures of the soil for the public
Struwe, Heinz Günter; Selter, Volker
Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften Heft 66 (2010), p. 92 - 92
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published: May 28, 2010
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Abstract
Industry grounds and facilities in the Ruhr area as contemporary witnesses of coal extraction and steel industry. Conditioning of fallows and their revaluation. The Ruhr area was known for many decades as the manufacturing region in Germany if not even in middle Europe. Coal extraction and conversion as well as the iron and steel industry characterized the region, created jobs and prosperity, but left also theirs marks on ground surfaces and subsurface.
Keywords
Ruhr area • germany • coal extraction • iron and steel industry • geosites