Selecting topsoil substitutes for Forestry mine soils

28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 591-609

  Skousen, Jeff ^a   Zipper, Carl ^b   Burger, Jim ^b   Angel, Patrick ^c   Barton, Christopher ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of Surface Mining   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; RECLAMATION; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SOILS; TIMBER;

GROUND COVERS; NATIVE FORESTS; ROCK MATERIALS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SURFACE MINES; TREE SURVIVAL; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WEST VIRGINIA;

FORESTRY;

FORESTS; GROWTH; LOAM; PH; RECLAMATION; SAND STONE;

EID: 84865474330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr11010591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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