Sustainable natural remediation of abandoned tailings by metal-excluding heather (Calluna vulgaris) and gorse (Ulex europaeus), Carnon Valley, Cornwall, UK

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1253

  Lottermoser, Bernd G ^a   Glass, Hylke J ^b   Page, Christopher N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cornwall; Gorse; Heather; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALLUNA; CORNWALL; FOOD CHAIN; GORSE; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HEATHER; LONG TERM; METALLOPHYTES; MINE WASTES; TRACE METAL; VEGETATION COVER; VULGARIS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MAMMALS; MANGANESE; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; TISSUE; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNGSTEN; ZINC;

COPPER;

ABANDONED MINE; ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD CHAIN; HEATHLAND; HORSE; LEAD; MINE WASTE; NICKEL; RODENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TAILINGS; VEGETATION COVER;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; EQUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 79958020239     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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