Natural stabilization of mine waste-dumps - Evolution of the vegetation cover in distinctive geochemical and mineralogical environments

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-161

  Valente, Teresa ^a,b   Gomes, Patricia ^a   Pamplona, Jorge ^a   de la Torre, María Luísa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Phytostabilization; Revegetation; Supergenic minerals; Waste dumps

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MINE WASTES; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL VEGETATION; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; PORTUGAL; REMOTE DETECTION; VEGETATION COVER; WASTE-DUMPS;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MONITORING; ORE DEPOSITS; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL REMEDIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84869872840     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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