Reclamation of lands disturbed by mining of heavy minerals

Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 725-754

  Brooks, Denis R ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural land productivity; Australian mining methods; Heavy mineral sand mining; Reclamation process; Self sustaining ecosystem; Tailings materials; Wetland vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865429757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr41.c29     Document Type: Chapter

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