Volunteer revegetation of waste rock surfaces at the Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2234-2242

  Borden, Richard K ^a   Black, Rick ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^b HDR Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIMESTONE; PH; PYRITES; ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

COPPER DEPOSITES; REACTIVE SULFIDES; SURFACE PREPARATION; WASTE ROCKS;

VEGETATION;

PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVEGETATION; ROCK; SALINITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; PLANTS; SOIL; UTAH;

EID: 28044435390     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0476     Document Type: Article

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