Laboratory rainfall simulator studies of selected open-cut coal mine overburden spoils from Central Queensland

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-29

  Evans, K G ^b   Loch, R J ^a,c   Aspinall, T O ^a   Bell, L C ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources ^*

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c Landloch Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

coalmine overburden spoil; CREAMS; erodibility; erosion prediction

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; CREAMS; ERODIBILITY; EROSION PREDICTION; LANDFORM DESIGN; MINE SPOIL; MODEL; SLOPE GRADIENT;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0030618802     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S95010     Document Type: Article

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