土壤水分Effects of Application of Organic and Inorganic Wastes for Restoration of Sulphur-Mine Soil.pdfVIP

Effects of Application of Organic and Inorganic Wastes for Restoration of Sulphur-Mine Soil Raquel Melgar-Ramírez Verónica González Juan Antonio Sánchez Inés García Received: 16 March 2012 /Accepted: 26 September 2012 /Published online: 11 October 2012 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 Abstract In situ remediation with waste material is an inexpensive method to reduce contaminant availability in polluted soil. The experiments were done to inves- tigate the effects of possible in situ application of two different amendments: inorganic material (marble sludge) and organic material (horticultural waste com- post) on chemical and biological properties of aban- doned metalliferous mine wastes. The results show that the application of inorganic material raises the pH above neutrality and the combination of inorganic and organic material would produce the highest ratio of biological activity. The reductions of available Zn, Pb and As in lime, organic and lime/organic amend- ments were favoured by incubation time. However, available Cd content increased after 275 days of incu- bation, except the treatment with inorganic amend- ment. This work denoted that the application of lime with organic amendments has a better effect than the lime alone because the addition of both amendments improves both soil chemical and biological properties. Keywords Compost . Marble sludge . Acid soil . Soil quality . Available metals . Sustainable management . Metalliferous mine wastes . Soil enzyme activities Abbreviations C Compost MS Marble sludge EC Electrical conductivity CEC Cation exchange capacity TOC Total organic carbon OM Organic matter 1 Introduction Mining is a major anthropogenic source of metals deposited on the soil. Abandoned metalliferous mine wastes, containing high concentrations of met- al, were deposited on surface, which resulted in the pollution of the surrounding terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (Oliveira et al. 2002). Sulphur was mined in southeast (