Soil development in a coal-burning environment : the Upper Silesian waste heaps of Poland

• Autorzy: Kruszewski Łukasz , Kisiel Monika , Cegiełka Małgorzata

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.7306/gq.1592

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Soil development in burning coal-mining waste heaps is a rarely addressed phenomenon, especially in Poland and in relation to pyrometamorphic substrates. Eight samples were collected from 5 heaps, four of them obtained from Europe‘s highest “Szarlota” heap located in Rydułtowy. Traces of pedogenesis were observed in both thermally changed (pyrometamorphic) and megascopically unchanged substrates. Grain size distribution is variable, with the finest silt being most clearly associated with distinct, though modest, trace element (TE) enrichment, primarily of Sb, As and Pb, and Ba and Cu. Slight variations in soil mineralogy occur even in samples derived from various parts of the “Szarlota” heap. Goethite, however, is a frequent component in most samples studied; it is an important pedogenesis factor in the soils studied and seems to be correlated with salinity. To some extent, it also influences TE composition. Relatively invariable pH, moderate TE and nutrient contents, and a lack of Al_w allows vegetation growth at most of the locations studied.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

coal mining waste; soil geochemistry; burning heaps; weathering; pyrometamorphic materials

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 2
• Strony: art. no. 24
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 86 poz., fot., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kruszewski Łukasz

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Kisiel Monika

• Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Institute of Biological Sciences, Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warszawa, Poland

autor

Cegiełka Małgorzata

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geological Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).