Long-term research on amelioration of wind and water erosion of mine tailings storages in southern africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Blight, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dust generation; Palliative and preventive measures; Water and wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008852611     PISSN: 0035919X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2012.708884     Document Type: Article

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