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mine tailings

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on mine tailings with 28 nodes and 103 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Ligusticum porteri, Populus, Artemisia, Populus tremuloides.

Definition

Pulverized waste rock not containing useful ore, typically deposited as slurry or fine dust, often containing toxic metals and chemicals

Related Terms (1)

tailings

Publications (1)

student_paper

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011central

Related Concepts (3)

species diversity

metric2 shared papers

ecological restoration

process1 shared paper

heavy metal pollution

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae1 paper

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae1 paper

Taraxacum

Asteraceae1 paper

Fragaria virginiana

Rosaceae1 paper

Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum

Apiaceae1 paper

Fragaria

Rosaceae1 paper

Artemisia

Asteraceae1 paper

Populus

Salicaceae1 paper

Aquilegia

Ranunculaceae1 paper