Principles & methods of reclamation science
Subtitle: with case studies from the arid Southwest
By: edited by Charles C. Reith and Loren D. Potter.
Contributors: Reith, Charles C.; Potter, Loren D.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Reclamation of land.; Strip mining -- Environmental aspects.; Revegetation.; Reclamation of land -- San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.); Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.); Revegetation -- San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.)
Other titles: Principles and methods of reclamation science.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview of methods in reclamation science / Charles C. Reith; title: Applications of geomorphology to reclamation / Stephen G. Wells and Loren D. Potter; title: Pre-mining assessments of reclamation potential / Loren D. Potter; title: The role of a government experiment station and the experimental approach in developing and testing reclamation practices / Earl F. Aldon; title: Understanding reclamation with models / Charles C. Reith; title: The selection of species for revegetation / William F. Fuller; title: The study of soil water in mine reclamation / David Scholl; title: The importance of soil ecology and the ecosystem perspective in surface-mine reclamation / Walter G. Whitford and Ned Z. Elkins; title: Vegetation ecology, sample adequacy, and the determination of reclamation success / N. Timothy Fischer.