Development of soil physical structure and biological functionality in mining spoils affected by soil erosion in a Mediterranean-Continental environment

Geoderma

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Moreno de las Heras, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Microbial activity; Mining restoration; Organic matter; Soil aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; EROSION; MINING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASMA WAVES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITIES; BASAL RESPIRATIONS; CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES; GLUCOSIDASE; HYDROLASE; MACRO-PARTICLES; MEAN-WEIGHT DIAMETERS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS; MICRO-PARTICLES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MINING RESTORATION; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; RESTORATION WORKS; RILL EROSIONS; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL AGGREGATIONS; SOIL EROSIONS; SOIL FORMING PROCESS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZES; SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; TRIGGERING FACTORS;

SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 59849100641     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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