Dynamics of Changes in Selected Soil Traits in the Profiles of Arable Soils Anthropogenically Alkalised by the Cement and Lime Industry within the Kielecko-Łagowski Vale (Poland)

Anna Świercz, Agnieszka Gandzel and Ilona Tomczyk-Wydrych
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Anna Świercz: Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, 7 Uniwersytecka Street, 25-406 Kielce, Poland
Agnieszka Gandzel: Technical and Industry Training Center, S. Leszczyńskiej Street 8, 32-600 Oświęcim, Poland
Ilona Tomczyk-Wydrych: Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Doctoral School, Jan Kochanowski University, 7 Uniwersytecka Street, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: This study presents the influence of the cement and lime industry on the physical and chemical properties of arable soils. In spite of using modern forms of environmental protection against dust emissions, this type of industry causes unfavourable phenomenon of excessive alkalisation of soil. This process is relatively rare in Poland. However, in the Świętokrzyskie Province, it has been responsible for the largest transformation of soils in recent years. The analysis included soil samples taken from five profiles located in the vicinity of Dyckerhoff Polska Sp. z o.o. Nowiny Cement Plant. The study results obtained in 2019 were compared with those obtained in 1978 and 2005. The most attention was paid to soil pH; CaCO 3 content; organic carbon and nitrogen content; concentrations of available components such as P 2 O 5 , K 2 O and Mg; and the saturation level of sorption complex with alkaline cations. It was found that long-term imission of pollutants caused significant changes in the basic soil properties, which remain in soils despite the evident decrease in the cement-lime dust emission. These include high pH values, excessive CaCO 3 content, high soil saturation with alkaline cations and decreases in total carbon content, which were especially visible in soil humus horizons.

Keywords: alkalisation; cement plant; arable soils; physicochemical properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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