Environmental impacts of surface mining on mined lands, affected streams and agricultural lands in the Dabaoshan Mine region, southern China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-474

  Lin, C ^a,b   Tong, X ^a   Lu, W ^a   Yan, L ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Nie, C ^a   Chu, C ^a   Long, J ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Heavy metal; Macroinvertebrate; Soil contamination; Surface mining

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; MINES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

OPEN PIT MINING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27144549274     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.675     Document Type: Article

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