Revegetation of Pb/Zn mine tailings, Guangdong Province, China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Ye, Z H ^a,d   Wong, J W C ^a   Wong, M H ^a   Baker, A J M ^b   Shu, W S ^c   Lan, C Y ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermuda grass; Burnt coal; Clover; Fly ash; Italian ryegrass; Mushroom compost; Pb Zn mine tailings; Reclamation

Indexed keywords

BURNT COAL; CHINA; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLY ASH; MANURE; MINE TAILING; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; POLLUTED SOIL; REVEGETATION; SURFACE SOIL;

LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; MINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; ZINC;

CHINA;

AGROPYRON; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYNODON DACTYLON; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SUS SCROFA; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034028518     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80012.x     Document Type: Article

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