Organic matter dynamics in a compost-amended anthropogenic landfill capping-soil

• Published in: European journal of soil science Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 35 - 47
• Main Authors: Said-Pullicino, D, Massaccesi, L, Dixon, L, Bol, R, Gigliotti, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; carbohydrates; carbon; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; chronosequences; composts; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; land restoration; land use; landfills; Organic matter; Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries; phenolic compounds; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; soil horizons; soil profiles; soil sampling; Soil science; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; Soils; sorption isotherms; stable isotopes; Surficial geology; topsoil; Compost; waste disposal; landfills; Organic matter cycle; Organic fertilization; Soil science; Earth science; soils; Organic amendment; Anthropogenic factor

The application of municipal waste compost and other organic materials may serve to improve fertility and organic carbon (C) stocks of soils used in land reclamation activities, particularly in the recovery of degraded areas at exhausted quarries, mines and landfill sites amongst others. We investig...