Rehabilitation of Semi-Arid Coal Mine Spoil Bank Soils with Mine Residues and Farm Organic By-Products

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-341

  Salazar, Miguel ^a   Bosch Serra, Àngela ^a   Estudillos, Germán ^a   Poch, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coal mine; Mediterranean; Organic amendments; Pig slurry; Soil rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BULK DENSITY; COAL MINE; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE; PH; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SLURRY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRAW; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 70350324593     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980903231934     Document Type: Article

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