Effects of Topography and Surface Soil Cover on Erosion for Mining Reclamation: The Experimental Spoil Heap at El Machorro Mine (Central Spain)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-159

  Martín Moreno, Cristina ^a   Martín Duque, José Francisco ^a   Nicolau Ibarra, José Manuel ^b   Hernando Rodríguez, Néstor ^c   Sanz Santos, Miguel Ángel ^c   Sánchez Castillo, Lázaro ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concave slopes; Constructed slopes; Topographical design; Topsoil; Vegetation; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; RECLAMATION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CONCAVE SLOPES; CONSTRUCTED SLOPES; PLANT COLONIZATION; RILL DEVELOPMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENTS; WATER EROSION;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84957674420     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2232     Document Type: Article

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