Toward a new paradigm for tailings phytostabilization - Nature of the substrates, amendment options, and anthropogenic pedogenesis

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 813-839

  Li, Xiaofang ^a   Huang, Longbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amendments; Anthropogenic pedogenesis; Base metal tailings; Ecotoxicity; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

TOXICITY;

AMENDMENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC PEDOGENESIS; BASE METALS; ECOTOXICITY; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERTILIZER; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MINE WASTE; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE; SULFIDE; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; BASE METAL TAILING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOTOXICITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PEDOGENESIS (SOIL); PHYTOSTABILIZATION; REVIEW; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL LIMING; WEATHERING;

EID: 84920830309     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2014.921977     Document Type: Review

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