Estimating the unknown components of nutrient mass balances for forestry plantations in mine rehabilitation, upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

• Published in: Environmental management (New York) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 496 - 512
• Main Authors: Mercuri, A M, Duggin, J A, Daniel, H, Lockwood, P V, Grant, C D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.04.2006
• Subjects: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; AUSTRALIA; Calcium - analysis; COAL MINING; Environmental management; Fertilizers; FORESTRY; Forestry - methods; GROUND WATER; Groundwater mining; IRRIGATION; Irrigation water; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; Leaching; Magnesium; Magnesium - analysis; Mine drainage; MINERAL WASTES; MUNICIPAL WASTES; NEW SOUTH WALES; Nitrogen - analysis; Nutrient availability; Nutrient balance; Nutrient cycles; Nutrient dynamics; NUTRIENTS; OVERBURDEN; Phosphorus - analysis; PLANT GROWTH; Plantations; Potassium - analysis; Rain; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; Sodium - analysis; Soil - analysis; Soil profiles; Soils; TREES; Trees - growth & development; Waste Products; Water quality; Water Supply; Australia, New South Wales; Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

Commercial forestry plantations as a postmining land use in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia are restricted by both the poor nutrient availability of mining substrates and low regional rainfall. An experiment was conducted to investigate whether municipal waste products and sali...