Browsing by Subject "Limestone"
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First record of a cyanobacterium Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) in Africa
(Pensoft, 2018)Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns is a nitrogen fixing, subaerial cyanobacterium characterized by a blue-green trichome surrounded by a very broad, lamellated mucous sheath. It typically grows on ... -
Floristic analysis of semi-arid mountain ecosystems of the Griqualand West centre of plant endemism, Northern Cape, South Africa
(Society for Indonesian Biodiversity, 2020)The Griqualand West Centre (GWC) is one of 13 centres of plant endemism in South Africa. Despite its unique flora, it remains poorly conserved and studied. A recent study identified an extensive geographical core area for ... -
Limestone flora of the Simonton Corner Quarry Preserve, Rockport, Maine, USA
(New England Botanical Club, 2016)Limestone is a distinctive substrate that has significant effects on soils and plants. The present study characterizes the diversity of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens at the Simonton Corner Quarry Preserve, an ... -
Manipulation of the ash flow temperature and viscosity of a carbonaceous Sasol waste stream
(Elsevier, 2010)In 2001 Sasol investigated the possibility to convert a Sasol-Lurgi MK III fixed bed dry bottom coal gasifier at the former Sasolburg coal-to-liquids plant to a slagging gasification process and selected the Lurgi Multi ... -
Plant endemism in Griqualand West, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2019)Griqualand West, a region in the semi-arid Northern Cape and North-West provinces of South Africa, has been variously suggested to contain a number of range-restricted plant species, and was proposed to be a local centre ... -
The reactivity of South African limestone of variable quality as potential sorbents in wet flue gas desulphurisation
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) clean air is a basic requirement for the well-being and general health of every human being. The results of WHO assessments have shown that annually more than 2 million ... -
Remediation of AMD through bentonitic clay adsorption
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The discharge of acid mine drainage (AMD) from several abandoned mines in South-Africa has become a serious concern and environmental hazard. Since 2002 AMD has been decanting from the Number 8 shaft of the abandoned Harmony ...