Application of a vegetative cover on phosphogypsum stacks

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Komnitsas, K ^a   Lazar, I ^b   Petrisor, I G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Environmental; Pollution; Reclamation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAND RECLAMATION; PHOSPHATE MINES; REVEGETATION; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM STACKS; VEGETATIVE COVER;

REMEDIATION;

EID: 0033075489     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00130-7     Document Type: Article

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