Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats

The lack of topsoil is frequently a limiting factor in limestone quarry restoration. This implies that new technosols for maintaining target habitats must be created using mining wastes as the main components. We designed three different technosols using different combinations of mineral materials (...

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Autores: Solé, Pau, Ferrer, Diana, Raya, Irene, Pous, Meri, Gonzàlez, Robert, Marañón-Jiménez, Sara, Alcañiz, Josep Maria, Carabassa, Vicenç
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091730
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spelling Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean HabitatsSolé, PauFerrer, DianaRaya, IrenePous, MeriGonzàlez, RobertMarañón-Jiménez, SaraAlcañiz, Josep MariaCarabassa, Vicenç631The lack of topsoil is frequently a limiting factor in limestone quarry restoration. This implies that new technosols for maintaining target habitats must be created using mining wastes as the main components. We designed three different technosols using different combinations of mineral materials (mining wastes, excavated soils and topsoil), organic amendment types (compost and digestate) and doses for the restoration of target habitats. Moreover, we monitored the main physicochemical indicators of the quality of the technosols. We observed not only an increase in soil organic carbon and plant nutrients related to the application of any type of organic amendment, but that the digestate mostly increased the soil resistance to erosion by improving soil aggregation even before the emergence of vegetation. Soil-water-retention capacity only improved in technosols built with organic amendments and topsoil. The combination of mining wastes, organic amendments and a superficial horizon of topsoil resulted in the most optimal technosol for the restoration of limestone quarries in the Mediterranean climate.This paper has been produced thanks to the funding of the project “Research, innovation, and promotion of the use of organic amendments and organic waste for soil restoration” (ref. G0832_2021_38), financed by the Catalan Waste Agency (Government of Catalonia).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionMDPIProducció VegetalCultius Extensius Sostenibles2023info:eu-repo/semantics/article15http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/2483https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091730reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésLandAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.12327/24832026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
title Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
spellingShingle Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
Solé, Pau
631
title_short Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
title_full Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
title_fullStr Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
title_full_unstemmed Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
title_sort Physical and Chemical Properties of Limestone Quarry Technosols Used in the Restoration of Mediterranean Habitats
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Solé, Pau
Ferrer, Diana
Raya, Irene
Pous, Meri
Gonzàlez, Robert
Marañón-Jiménez, Sara
Alcañiz, Josep Maria
Carabassa, Vicenç
author Solé, Pau
author_facet Solé, Pau
Ferrer, Diana
Raya, Irene
Pous, Meri
Gonzàlez, Robert
Marañón-Jiménez, Sara
Alcañiz, Josep Maria
Carabassa, Vicenç
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Raya, Irene
Pous, Meri
Gonzàlez, Robert
Marañón-Jiménez, Sara
Alcañiz, Josep Maria
Carabassa, Vicenç
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author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Producció Vegetal
Cultius Extensius Sostenibles
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 631
topic 631
description The lack of topsoil is frequently a limiting factor in limestone quarry restoration. This implies that new technosols for maintaining target habitats must be created using mining wastes as the main components. We designed three different technosols using different combinations of mineral materials (mining wastes, excavated soils and topsoil), organic amendment types (compost and digestate) and doses for the restoration of target habitats. Moreover, we monitored the main physicochemical indicators of the quality of the technosols. We observed not only an increase in soil organic carbon and plant nutrients related to the application of any type of organic amendment, but that the digestate mostly increased the soil resistance to erosion by improving soil aggregation even before the emergence of vegetation. Soil-water-retention capacity only improved in technosols built with organic amendments and topsoil. The combination of mining wastes, organic amendments and a superficial horizon of topsoil resulted in the most optimal technosol for the restoration of limestone quarries in the Mediterranean climate.
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