Page 1/22 Chemical sterilisation and vetiver grass performance on gold tailings dump chrono- toposequences at Muriel mine, Zimbabwe Gotosa Jephita (  jgotosa@gmail.com ) Bindura University of Science Education Chikwenya Nomatter Bindura University of Science Education Nyenda Tatenda Bindura University of Science Education Mangori Zelma Lynda Chinhoyi University of Technology Research Article Keywords: reference site, heavy metal toxicity, slope position, translocation, slimes, vetiver growth performance Posted Date: January 5th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2426539/v1 License:   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Environmental Earth Sciences on September 30th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11169-7.