Do soil amendments used to improve agricultural productivity have consequences for soils contaminated with heavy metals?

Do soil amendments used to improve agricultural productivity have consequences for soils contaminated with heavy metals?

This study presents an analysis of the effects of manure and lime commonly used to improve agricultural productivity and evaluates the potential for such soil amendments to mobilise/immobilise metal fractions in soils contaminated from nearby mine tailings in the Zambian Copperbelt. Lime and manure...

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Main Authors: Belinda Kaninga, Benson H. Chishala, Kakoma K. Maseka, Godfrey M. Sakala, Scott D. Young, R. Murray Lark, Andrew Tye, Elliott M. Hamilton, Amanda Gardner, Michael J. Watts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Copperbelt
Lime
Manure
Mine tailings
Bioavailable metals
Agricultural soil science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020323458

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