Sentence examples for mined soils from inspiring English sources

These processes result in long-term soil and site conditions that are very different from pre-mining conditions or compared to non mined soils of the region.

The nature and importance of climatic conditions, mined soils, topsoils, soil nutrients, landscaping, seedbanks, seeding, transplantation, and the interactions between these and other factors are evaluated in the context of this semi-arid environment and the prevailing mining practices.

We calculated that salt harvesting (or removal) during the summer months can extract up to 20 times more Zn than the most efficient plant species tested in phytoextraction of Zn in mined soils.

Opencast coal mining activities trigger considerable alteration of soil structure, and characterizing the spatial variability of soil particle size distribution (PSD) quantitatively can contribute to understand mined soil properties and perform mined land rehabilitation.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation is considered a potential biotechnological tool for mined soil remediation because mycorrhizal fungi could improve plant growth environment, especially under adverse conditions due to their good symbiosis.

Many of the grass and legume species commonly grown on non-mined pastures also can be established on mine soils (Ditsch and Collins 2000).

Woody biofuel crops may prove advantageous, relative to herbaceous crops, on mined land sites with slopes or soils that would hinder operation of the agricultural equipment that is necessary for production of herbaceous crops such as switchgrass or Miscanthus.

Approximately 9,000 ha of mined land have been covered with soil, but most of these areas were inadequately reclaimed.

The results showed that MSS applied in the experiment significantly improved soil properties of the mined land i.e. increase in organic matter content, available phosphorus, extractable potassium and magnesium, DTPA extractable copper, and zinc.

Because of its good reproductive capacity and high biomass production, C. communis has been considered an important pioneer plant for phytoremediation of copper-contaminated soil and restoration of mined land (Tang et al., 1997, 1999).

Perhaps the greatest challenges to restoration derive from the unsuitability of much of the mined overburden soils for plant growth.