Constraints on natural revegetation of hard rock milling tailings impoundments

American Society of Mining and Reclamation - 24th National Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation 2007: 30 Years of SMCRA and Beyond

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 399-414

  White, R L ^a   Nairn, R W ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard rock mining; Revegetation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS; HARD ROCK MINING; HARD ROCKS; HIGH SALINITY; LAND SURFACE; MINING DISTRICT; MINING OPERATIONS; MINING WASTE MATERIAL; MISSOURIS; OKLAHOMA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE MILLING; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; UNDERGROUND MINING; VEGETATION COVERAGE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; MILLING (MACHINING); NUTRIENTS; POTASSIUM; RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

TAILINGS;

EID: 84865399069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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