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   Water-holding capacity of rock fragments in rehabilitated opencast mine soils

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: J.L. Schoeman --- , South Africa M.M. Kruger --- , South Africa A.H. Loock --- , South Africa

   The water-holding capacity of rock fragments sampled from spoil materials underlying rehabilitated opencast coal mine soils was determined. Four rock types, ranging from grit and coarse sandstone to carbonaceous shale, and four fractions of different size were investigated by means...

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   Contested landscapes: fragments and afterlives of the colonial rail in Tanzania

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Samwel Moses Ntapanta --- University of Bayreuth, Germany

   This article traces the fragments and afterlife of the colonial rail as a material object in Tanzania. The rail was a tool for exploitation and proper control of the colony. The rails changed the land. The land was shaped and...

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