Assessment of restoration success of former metal mining areas after 30 years in a highly polluted Mediterranean mining area: Cartagena-La Unión

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 393-402

  Gomez Ros, J M ^a   Garcia, G ^a   Penas J M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Heavy metals; Mediterranean mining area; Restoration success

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EFFECTIVE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; METAL MOBILIZATIONS; MINING AREAS; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; CLIMATOLOGY; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; RESTORATION; SALTS; SOILS; SURFACES; TAILINGS; TISSUE; VEGETATION; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HEAVY METAL; HERB; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; HYPARRHENIA HIRTA; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM CAPITATUM; THYMELAEA HIRSUTA;

EID: 84878863967     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.044     Document Type: Article

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