Native plant productivity and litter decomposition in reclamation of taconite iron ore tailing

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 682-687

  Noyd, Robert K ^a,b   Pfleger, F L ^a   Norland, M R ^c   Hall, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; IRON ORES; ORE TAILINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

COMPOSTED YARD WASTE; INOCULATION; MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; PLANT LITTER; TACONITE;

LAND RECLAMATION;

GROUND WATER; IRON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031148860     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600030013x     Document Type: Article

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