Utilisation of municipal solid waste as an amendment for reclamation of coal mine spoil dump

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 407-420

  Juwarkar, Asha A ^a   Singh, Sanjeev Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofertilisers; Coalmine; MAP; Microbe assisted phytoremediation; Municipal solid waste; Mycorrhizae; Spoil dumps

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL MINES; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BIOFERTILIZERS; COALMINE; MICROBE ASSISTED PHYTOREMEDIATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MYCORRHIZAE; SPOIL DUMPS; WASTELANDS;

SOLID WASTES;

BIOFERTILIZER; COAL MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINE WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MYCORRHIZA; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION COVER; WASTELAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35948947012     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.015154     Document Type: Article

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