Ecological erosion control on coal-spoil banks: an evaluation

Haigh, Martin; Gentcheva-Kostadinova, Sv.

doi:10.1016/s0925-8574(01)00087-8

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“…Determination of organic carbon concentration in the mine soils is complicated because of a mixture of fossil carbon and recently deposited carbon from the organic material (Ussiri & Lal 2005), but it is possible to differentiate between sources of soil organic matter (SOM), based on the molecular signature of the "free lipid" fraction. The reclaimed soils possess slightly alkaline soil reaction, while the eroded unreclaimed spoil was very acid similarly to former observations of reclaimed soils from the area of the Pernik mines (Haigh & Gentcheva-Kostadinova 2002). The CECs of the Vertisol and the eroded unreclaimed spoil and organic carbon contents were the highest and corresponded with the content of smectite in Vertisols (Gushevilov & Paskaleva 1977) while the bulk density was the lowest.…”

Section: General Soil Propertiessupporting

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Lipid biomarkers and their environmental significance in mine soils from Eastern Europe

Atanassova

Hristov

Shishkov

et al. 2017

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

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The present study describes signature lipid biomarkers in reclaimed mine soils, an unreclaimed spoil and a natural soil (Vertisol) for a major coal mine basin in Eastern Europe. Alkanes, fatty acids and fatty alcohols, as well as coal biomarkers were abundant in the mine soils and the unreclaimed spoil. The alkanes distribution in the reclaimed mine soils was bimodal with maxima at C 18 and C 29 \C 31 and points at two origins for the alkanes, terrigenous plants, including soil borne and from the coal source. Fatty acid carbon preference indices (CPI even/odd = 10.4 and 8.1 for the mine soils under pine and grass vegetation) reflect the increasing role of terrestrial vegetation in the formation of organic matter. The higher concentrations of the long chain alkanes, fatty acids and alcohols are speculated as the reason for the severe and extreme water repellency observed with the Vertisol and the unreclaimed spoil. The presence of terrigenous steroid and triterpenoid markers in the reclaimed mine soils is an indication of the ongoing soil formation processes. The analysis of lipid extracts allowed for the assessment of sensitive molecular indicators of biogenic terrigenous and coal origin and the degree of soil recovery following >20 years of spoils reclamation.

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Section: General Soil Propertiessupporting

confidence: 81%

Lipid biomarkers and their environmental significance in mine soils from Eastern Europe

Atanassova

Hristov

Shishkov

et al. 2017

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

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“…Results from the researches have provided practical guidance for the design and implementation of precautions for sediment control and vegetation establishment on road cuts or embankments (Lee et al, 2013;De Oña et al, 2009;Ferrer et al, 2011;Jimenez et al, 2013;Osorio and Juan, 2006;Pengcheng et al, 2008), as well as strategies and guidelines for maintenance of long-term stability of engineered landforms, revegetation and erosion control of rehabilitated mine spoils or reclaimed overburden dumps (Carroll et al, 2000;de Souza et al, 2013;Haigh and Gentcheva-Kostadinova, 2002;Mukhopadhyay and Maiti, 2014;Raizada and Juyal, 2012;Willgoose and Riley, 1998). However, the empirical-statistical models developed in China based on the USLE framework (Wischmeier and Smith, 1978) are found to be of large uncertainty due to model conceptualization as well as arbitrary choice of model parameters.…”

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Dynamic processes of soil erosion by runoff on engineered landforms derived from expressway construction: A case study of typical steep spoil heap

Zhang

Gao

Yang

et al. 2015

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“…Better management of landscapes therefore contributes significantly not only to increased stability and productivity (of water and of plants) in agricultural and other ecosystems (Haigh and Gentcheva-Kostadinova, 2002;Shaxson and Douglas, 2004) but also, and simultaneously, to lessening the quantities and detrimental effects of carbon dioxide gas in the global atmosphere.…”

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Re-thinking the conservation of carbon, water and soil: a different perspective

Shaxson¹

2006

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Sustaining soil productivity requires continuing actions of soil organisms on organic materials for optimizing of soil porosity and of movements of roots, water and gases in the root-zone. Soil is more quickly formed and self-renewed from the top downwards than only by slow additions from the bottom upwards. Loss of porosity diminishes soil's infiltration capacity and water-holding potential. Factors that provide insufficient organic substrates for soil organisms and that unduly accelerate oxidation of soil organic matter hinder the self-recuperation of soil and facilitate 'Stage-1' loss of carbon from within soil aggregates. They predispose the soil to lose rapidly even more carbon, in particulate form, through 'Stage-2' losses during consequent processes of runoff and erosion. Forms of land use and management are advocated that favor the functioning of soil-inhabiting organisms, including plants, such that carbon's capture in photosynthesis is increased, its usefulness in the soil as a rooting medium is prolonged, and its subsequent immobilization in the process of sequestration ameliorates the rate of increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the global atmosphere.

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Ecological erosion control on coal-spoil banks: an evaluation

Cited by 17 publications

References 2 publications

Lipid biomarkers and their environmental significance in mine soils from Eastern Europe

Lipid biomarkers and their environmental significance in mine soils from Eastern Europe

Dynamic processes of soil erosion by runoff on engineered landforms derived from expressway construction: A case study of typical steep spoil heap

Re-thinking the conservation of carbon, water and soil: a different perspective

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