Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Limestone Quarrying Operations in Thailand

Kittipongvises, Suthirat

Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Limestone Quarrying Operations in Thailand

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Volume 20 (2017): Issue 1 (November 2017)

By: Suthirat Kittipongvises

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2017-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208

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Language: English

Page range: 67 - 83

Published on: Nov 30, 2017

Published by: Riga Technical University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

Climate change,

carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions,

environmental impacts,

GHG protocol,

IMPACT 2002+,

limestone mining,

life cycle impact assessment (LCA)

Related subjects:

Life sciences,

Life sciences, other

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