Browsing by Subject "Reclamation of land"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)A three year forage crop study was initiated in 1975 at the Big Brown mine in Freestone County, Texas, to determine the yield and reclamation potentials of various grasses and legumes on a lignite mined soil. Grasses used ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The deficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus in mixed overburden mine spoils has resulted in interest in strategies to minimize fertilizer application. In this study, the abundance of microbial populations, with emphasis on ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)An understanding of the spatial variability of mine spoil is needed to improve sampling techniques. Core samples were taken at two sites at intervals of 3.05 m along four intersecting transects located at 0, 45, 90, and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)Surface mine reclamation in Texas, is often hindered by the formation of acid minesoil. The acidity is a product of FeS2 oxidation. Mixed overburden topsoil substitutes containing FeS2, are often limed to prevent acid ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Introducing low-maintenance, perennial, plant species into grass pastures by sod-seeding has been identified as a method for improving forage quality and quantity with fewer cultural inputs, and for providing other plant ...