Suitability of an organic residual cover on tailings for bioenergy crop production: A preliminary assessment

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Hargreaves, Jennifer ^a,b   Lock, Alan ^a,b   Beckett, Peter ^b   Spiers, Graeme ^a,b   Tisch, Bryan ^c   Lanteigne, Lisa ^d   Posadowski, Tamara ^a,b   Soenens, Michael ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d VALE S A   (Brazil)

^e Green Zone Farms   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biosolids; Energy crops; Metals; Reclamation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOSOLID; BROWNFIELD SITE; CANOLA; COPPER; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; GROWTH RATE; LAND RECLAMATION; MAIZE; MILL; MINING INDUSTRY; NICKEL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RECLAIMED LAND; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; SMELTING; TAILINGS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856864283     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2010-056     Document Type: Article

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