Effects of iron precipitation and organic amendments on porosity and penetrability in sulphide mine tailings

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 395-408

  Forsberg, Lovisa Stjernman ^a   Ledin, Stig ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Iron precipitation; Mechanical resistance; Plant available water; Pore size distribution; Soil amendments; Sulphide mine tailings

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; IRON; NEGATIVE IONS; OXIDATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

MECHANICAL RESISTANCE;

TAILINGS;

FERTILIZER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; SOIL WATER; SULFIDE;

IRON; PENETRATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL AMENDMENT;

CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY; MINING; OXIDATION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT WATER CONTENT; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; ROOT GROWTH; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

FERTILIZERS; IRON; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; TAILINGS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037277949     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022036317408     Document Type: Review

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