Short- and long-term effects of modified humic substances on soil evolution and plant growth in gold mine tailings

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Szczerski, Carl ^a   Naguit, Christian ^a   Markham, John ^a   Goh, Tee Boon ^a   Renault, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elymus trachycaulus; Humic substances; Land reclamation; Medicago sativa; Plant growth; Tailings amendment; Tailings structure

Indexed keywords

LAND RECLAMATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT GROWTH; TAILINGS AMENDMENTS;

TAILINGS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALFALFA; GOLD MINE; GRASS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LAND RECLAMATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; REVEGETATION; SULFIDE; TAILINGS;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELYMUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MACRONUTRIENT; MINE TAILINGS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84874003243     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1471-y     Document Type: Article

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