Mitigation of Acid Mine Drainage via a Revegetation Programme in a Closed Coal Mine in Southern New Zealand;Verminderung von saurem Grubenwasser durch eine Aufforstung in einem geschlossenen Kohlenbergwerk in Süd-Neuseeland;Atenuación del drenaje ácido de mina a través de un programa de revegetación en una mina de carbón cerrada en el sur de Nueva Zelanda

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 464-477

  Rufaut, C G ^a   Craw, D ^a   Foley, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boron; Colonisation; Invertebrates; pH; Plants; Quartz; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946501237     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-014-0295-3     Document Type: Article

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