Shelf life of stock-piled topsoil of an opencast coal mine

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-30

  Kundu, N K ^a   Ghose, M K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Aged dump; Danga land; Shelf life; Stock piling; Surface mining; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

AGING; OPEN PIT MINE; OPENCAST COAL MINE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SHELF LIFE; SOIL DUMP; SOIL RECLAMATION; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SHELF LIFE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER RETENTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0030885021     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000064     Document Type: Article

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