Appalachian Coal Fields

Japanese: アパラチア炭田 - あぱらちあたんでん(英語表記)Appalachian Coal Fields
Appalachian Coal Fields

A coalfield in the eastern United States, distributed from northeast to southwest along the Appalachian Mountains. It begins in Pennsylvania and Ohio in the north, passes through Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee, and reaches northern Alabama at the southern end. It is one of the most important coalfields in the United States in terms of current and past coal production. The coal is bituminous, with anthracite or semi-anthracite in the eastern region, low-volatile to high-volatile in the central region, and high-volatile in the western region. Open-cut and underground mining are widely used for mining, and the mined coal is used for power generation, steelmaking, and other manufacturing industries. As of 1995, the coal reserves were estimated at about 80 billion tons underground and about 30 billion tons open-cut.

[Kinoshita Shigenori and Higuchi Sumishi]

[Reference] | Coal | Coalfield | Anthracite | Bitsuminous coal | Open-cut mining

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国東部、アパラチア山脈に沿って北東から南西に分布する炭田。北はペンシルベニアおよびオハイオ州に始まり、ケンタッキー、ウェスト・バージニア、テネシー各州を経て、南端はアラバマ州北部に達している。現在および過去の石炭生産量からみて、アメリカにおいてもっとも重要な炭田の一つである。炭質は瀝青炭(れきせいたん)で、東部区域は無煙炭または半無煙炭、中部区域になると低揮発分から高揮発分に変化し、西部区域では高揮発分炭田となる。採掘は露天掘りおよび坑内掘りが広く採用されており、採掘された石炭は、発電用、製鉄用その他の製造工業に使用されている。埋蔵炭量は1995年時点で、坑内掘り対象が約800億トン、露天掘り対象が約300億トンと評価されている。

[木下重教・樋口澄志]

[参照項目] | 石炭 | 炭田 | 無煙炭 | 瀝青炭 | 露天掘り

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