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Principles & methods of reclamation science : with case studies from the arid Southwest / edited by Charles C. Reith and Loren D. Potter.
LIBRA S621.5.S8 P75 1986
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reclamation of land.
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects.
- Strip mining.
- Revegetation.
- Reclamation of land--San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.).
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects--San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.).
- Revegetation--San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.).
- Physical Description:
- xix, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Principles and methods of reclamation science.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1986]
- Contents:
- Introduction and overview of methods in reclamation science / Charles C. Reith
- Applications of geomorphology to reclamation / Stephen G. Wells and Loren D. Potter
- Pre-mining assessments of reclamation potential / Loren D. Potter
- The role of a government experiment station and the experimental approach in developing and testing reclamation practices / Earl F. Aldon
- Understanding reclamation with models / Charles C. Reith
- The selection of species for revegetation / William F. Fuller
- The study of soil water in mine reclamation / David Scholl
- The importance of soil ecology and the ecosystem perspective in surface-mine reclamation / Walter G. Whitford and Ned Z. Elkins
- Vegetation ecology, sample adequacy, and the determination of reclamation success / N. Timothy Fischer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0826308309
- 0826308317
- OCLC:
- 12837895
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