Evaporative Mine Water Controls on Natural Revegetation of Placer Gold Mines, Southern New Zealand;Regulierung der natürlichen Rekultivierung durch Verdunstung von Grubenwasser aus Goldseifenbergwerken, Süd-Neuseeland;Controles de evaporación de agua de mina sobre la revegetación natural de minas de oro en el sur de Nueva Zelanda

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 375-387

  Druzbicka, J ^a   Rufaut, C ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Flora; Groundwater; Runoff; Salination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946404821     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0303-7     Document Type: Article

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