Hydrology and bauxite mining on the Darling Plateau

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Croton, James T ^a   Reed, Amanda J ^b  

^a Alcoa World Alumina Australia ^*  (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment yield; Hydrological processes; Mine restoration; Surface mining; Water supply; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 37349040125     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Review

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