Direct and indirect effects of soil pollution by lignite mining

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 353-364

  Schaaf, Wolfgang ^a   Hüttl, Reinhard F ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmogenic pollution; Deposition; Disturbance; Element budgets; Element stores; Forest ecosystems; Mine soil; Pyrite; Restoration; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIGNITE; PYRITE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 33748084036     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-005-9028-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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