Low levels organic amendments improve fertility and plant cover on non-acid generating gold mine tailings

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 250-257

  Young, Ian ^a   Renault, Sylvie ^a   Markham, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility improvement; Mine waste; Non acid tailings; Papermill sludge; Phytostabilization; Wood waste

Indexed keywords

TAILINGS; WOOD WASTES;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHEMICAL NUTRIENTS; FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT; MINE WASTES; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PAPERMILL SLUDGE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYTOSTABILIZATION;

SEED;

DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; FORAGE; GOLD MINE; GRASS; MILL; SEEDING; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SURVIVAL; TAILINGS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84908568377     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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