Initiation of soil formation in weathered sulfidic Cu-Pb-Zn …
The weathered Cu-Pb-Zn tailings represents a habitat deficient in nutrients but high in levels of soluble salts and total heavy metals, which were above known tolerance thresholds. Specifically, the levels of total N (TN) and water soluble nitrogen (WSN) in the tailings TD5 were the lowest, which were 0.11 g kg −1 and 0.9 mg kg −1 ...