Effects of sewage sludge and nitrogen fertilizer on herbage growth and soil fertility improvement in restoration of the abandoned opencast mining areas in Shanxi, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3323-3333

  Li, Suqing ^a   Di, Xiaoyan ^a   Wu, Dongmei ^a   Zhang, Jintun ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned opencast mining areas; Herbage growth; Nitrogen fertilizer; Raw mixed loess soils; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BIO FERTILIZERS; CONTROL GROUPS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; OPEN-CAST MINING; PIONEER SPECIES; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION SYSTEMS;

MIXTURES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ABANDONED MINE; ALFALFA; BIOFERTILIZER; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; HERB; NITROGEN; OPENCAST MINING; PIONEER SPECIES; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHINA; SHANXI;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84888059952     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2397-9     Document Type: Article

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