Evaluation of Topsoil Substitutes for Restoration of Appalachian Hardwoods on Strip Mined Land
Current surface mine reclamation in Appalachia involves returning the land to approximate original contour by grading the surface and planting grasses and early-successional trees. This results in a greatly altered ecosystem compared to the native forest that was there prior to mining. The reclaim...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34638 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08192005-131109/ |