Mine soil genesis and tall fescue nutrient status as a function of overburden type and cultural amendment

Natural soils in the Appalachian coal mining region occur on steep slopes and are often thin, rocky, acidic, and/or infertile. This often makes use of natural topsoil for surface coal mine reclamation impractical. Sandstone (SS) and siltstone (SiS) topsoil substitute materials in mixed and pure trea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Jesse Allen
Other Authors: Agronomy
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91065