Carbon sequestration by forests and soils on mined land in the Midwestern and Appalachian coalfields of the U.S.

Amichev, Beyhan Y.; Burger, James A.; Rodrigue, Jason A.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.020

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“…In Indian conditions (19 years old RMS of Singrauli, India), Tripathi et al (2014) reported higher C stock (41.73 Mg C ha -1 ) with an accumulation rate of 2.20 Mg C ha -1 year -1 . Average C accumulation rate in aboveground biomass for reclaimed pine and hardwood forests ranged from 1.4 Mg C ha -1 year -1 in Indiana to 3.3 Mg C ha -1 year -1 in West Virginia (Amichev et al 2008). Terakunpisut et al (2007) compared the C stock of the aboveground biomass in different forest ecosystems of Thong Pha Phum National Forest, Thailand based on DBH C 4.5 cm using allometric equation and reported that tropical rain forest had higher C stock than dry evergreen and mixed deciduous forest in order of 137.7 ± 48, 70.3 ± 7.4 and 48 ± 16.7 Mg C ha -1 , respectively.…”

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“…Studies across the globe on C sequestration through reclaimed coal mine soils have received considerable attention in recent past (IPCC 2000;Lal 2000, 2001;Ussiri and Lal 2005;Sperow 2006;Amichev et al 2008;Shrestha and Lal 2010;Tripathi et al 2014Tripathi et al , 2016Das and Maiti 2016). The CO 2 sequestration in reclaimed mine sites is calculated by estimating C-stock of biomass (aboveground and belowground), litter and reclaimed minesoils (Fig.…”

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“…Amichev et al (2008) also derived allometric equations for the estimation of biomass in reclaimed minesoil of Midwestern and Appalachian coalfields of USA.…”

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“…Revegetation and proper management practices help to regain the lost C; improve the soil quality and restore the SOC by reabsorbing it from the atmosphere (Lal and Bruce 1999). Several researchers in USA studied C accumulation in minesoils which were reclaimed to cropland, pasture or forest Lal 2000, 2001;Amichev et al 2008;Sperow 2006). Total soil C (TSC) content in reclaimed or biologically restored minesoils consist of three types of pools namely (i) soil inorganic C (SIC), (ii) geogenic C (coal-C or fossil C) and (iii) biogenic C (plant derived recent SOC) (Ussiri and Lal 2008).…”

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Estimation of carbon sequestration in reclaimed coalmine degraded land dominated by Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo and Bambusa arundinacea plantation: a case study from Jharia Coalfields, India

Das

Maiti

2016

Int J Coal Sci Technol

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Reclaimed mined lands provide an excellent opportunity to sequester carbon and combat global warming. Carbon sequestration on reclaimed sites depend on age of reclamation, composition of species, geomining conditions (soil characteristics) and prevailing climate. The aims of the present study were to calculate carbon (C)-stock of biomass of 4 years old plantation (dominated by Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo and Bambusa arundinacea), understorey vegetation and litter, soil organic carbon in reclaimed minesoil (RMS) and compare with reference forest site. Allometric equation was used for the estimation of biomass C stock and found 13.0 Mg C ha -1 (A lebbeck 7.8 Mg C ha -1 , D sissoo 3.5 Mg C ha -1 and B. arundincea 1.2 Mg C ha -1 ), while stock of understorey vegetation was 0.98 Mg C ha -1 . In RMS, C stock was 16.3 Mg C ha -1 , out of which inorganic C contributed 1.7 g kg -1 (8 % of total soil C), Coal C 8.7 g kg -1(43 % of total soil C) and biogenic C 9.8 g kg -1 (49 % of total soil C). Total C stock in reclaimed site was calculated as 30.3 Mg C ha -1 (equivalent to 111 Mg CO 2 ha -1 ). The study concluded that (i) coal C is responsible for overestimation of C stock in RMS (ii) Maximun C stock stored in aboveground biomass component and (iii) reclaimed mined lands will take approximately 17 years to reach the level of C stock of reference forest site in dry tropical climate.

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“…Amichev et al (2008) also derived allometric equations for the estimation of biomass in reclaimed minesoil of Midwestern and Appalachian coalfields of USA.…”

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Estimation of carbon sequestration in reclaimed coalmine degraded land dominated by Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo and Bambusa arundinacea plantation: a case study from Jharia Coalfields, India

Das

Maiti

2016

Int J Coal Sci Technol

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“…A recent study found that restoring mined land to forests with productivity levels equal to or greater than pre-mining production has great potential to sequester atmospheric CO2 (Amichev et al, 2008). The ARRI Statement of Mutual Intent recommends using the current five-step Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA) technology.…”

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Tree Growth on Ripped, Compacted, and Slightly Compacted Gray Sandstone Topsoil Substitute on a Surface Coal Mine in West Virginia

Wilson-Kokes¹,

Skousen²

2014

JASMR

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Steep topography and thin native soils characterize the coal mining regions of southern West Virginia. State and federal regulations require replacement of native topsoil during reclamation for re-establishment of a vegetative cover. Due to hazards and expense associated with collecting this thin layer of soil before mining, regulators have allowed mine operators to use substitute topsoil materials, including weathered (brown) and unweathered (gray) geologic materials for growth media. For pasture and hayland post-mining land uses, substitute materials provide suitable physical and chemical properties for establishment and growth of forages with fertilization and liming. When reforestation is the post-mining land use, regulations in West Virginia require a 1.2 m layer of native topsoil and brown weathered sandstone, but unweathered materials may be used if native topsoil quantities are insufficient. This study examined tree growth on areas where brown and gray sandstone materials were applied to the surface as growth media at the Samples Mine in West Virginia. In a study already published at this site, we found significant differences in tree growth on brown and gray sandstone plots. For this study, we selected two additional gray sandstone plots for comparison to the original brown and gray plots. The two original sites were brown sandstone compacted and gray sandstone compacted, and we added nearby plots of gray sandstone slightly compacted and gray sandstone compacted and then ripped. Average pH ranged from 7.3 to 7.9 on the gray plots compared to 5.4 on the brown plot. Tree growth on brown sandstone was more than triple that of tree growth on all of the gray sandstone plots. Mean tree volume index on the brown compacted plot was 3108 cm 3 while mean tree volume index was significantly lower on the gray compacted plot (909 cm³), the gray slightly compacted plot (407 cm 3 ), and the gray ripped plot (885 cm³). Eight years after reclamation, the gray sandstone plots, whether slightly compacted, compacted, or ripped, showed poor tree growth compared to brown sandstone. Gray sandstone has proven to be an inferior topsoil substitute for reforestation on this site.

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Stochastic evaluation of restoration procedures on postmining land areas using a game theory approach

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Restoration of postmining areas is a frequently addressed topic requiring a comprehensive view. In this article, the recovery process of selected postmining spoil heap sites was evaluated using an approach based on calculation of Nash equilibrium (NE) probability distributions. Many of these sites have been allowed to recover by spontaneous succession, while on others, a variety of restoration procedures have been tested, most of them variants of the forest plantation type. The evaluation was carried out on selected data from each site that reflects four factors: the richness of the vegetation cover, the amount of biomass as soil macrofauna per unit area, the forestry yield, and the attractiveness for recreation use. The analysis was based on permuted game configurations in which these factors were treated as competing entities, adversaries that were differentially successful in each location depending on the conditions of the recovery procedure used. The game strategies that the factors exhibited as theoretically interacting entities had no primary information content, which meant that they could be treated stochastically. The result was a distribution of the NE probability at each location. Considering the fact that this result reflected the degree of optimality of the included factors, the calculation could be considered as a specific type of multicriteria evaluation, which was practically applicable and provided unambiguous results. The NE probability in sites restored by deciduous tree stands was higher, which was therefore assumed to correspond to higher stability.

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Carbon sequestration by forests and soils on mined land in the Midwestern and Appalachian coalfields of the U.S.

Cited by 93 publications

References 22 publications

Estimation of carbon sequestration in reclaimed coalmine degraded land dominated by Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo and Bambusa arundinacea plantation: a case study from Jharia Coalfields, India

Estimation of carbon sequestration in reclaimed coalmine degraded land dominated by Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia sissoo and Bambusa arundinacea plantation: a case study from Jharia Coalfields, India

Tree Growth on Ripped, Compacted, and Slightly Compacted Gray Sandstone Topsoil Substitute on a Surface Coal Mine in West Virginia

Stochastic evaluation of restoration procedures on postmining land areas using a game theory approach

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