Growing Biofuel Feedstocks in Copper-Contaminated Soils of a Former Superfund Site

Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the mid-19th century generated millions of tons of mining waste, called stamp sand, which was deposited into various offshoots of Lake Superior. The toxic stamp sand converted the area into barren, fallow land. Without a vegetative cover, stamp san...

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Main Authors: Virinder Sidhu, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/4/1499