Soil health as a proxy for long-term reclamation success of metal-contaminated mine tailings using lime and biosolids

• Prif Awduron: James A. Ippolito (Awdur), Liping Li (Awdur), Travis Banet (Awdur), Joe E. Brummer (Awdur), Cassidy Buchanan (Awdur), Aaron R. Betts (Awdur), Kirk Scheckel (Awdur), Nick Basta (Awdur), Sally L. Brown (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: Elsevier, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mine lands contaminted with heavy metals pose environmental risks, and thus reclamation is paramount for improving soil, plant, animal, and ecosystem health. A metal-contaminated alluvial mine tailing, devoid of vegetation, received 224 ​Mg ​ha−1 of both lime and biosolids in 1998, and long-term rec...