Chemical properties of the upper tailings beneath biotic crusts

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Sun, Qingye ^a   An, Shuqing ^a   Yang, Linzhang ^b   Wang, Zhongsheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biotic crusts; Chemical properties; Ecological restoration; Plant communities; Tailings wasteland

Indexed keywords

WASTELANDS; WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLUBILITY; TAILINGS;

ECOLOGY;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TAILINGS; WASTELAND;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TONGLING;

CYNODON DACTYLON; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZOYSIA; ZOYSIA SINICA;

EID: 4644360230     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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