Effects of pumice mining on soil quality

Cruz-Ruíz, A.; Cruz-Ruíz, E.; Vaca, R.; Del Aguila, P.; Lugo, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

Research article

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Effects of pumice mining on soil quality

A. Cruz-Ruíz, E. Cruz-Ruíz, R. Vaca, P. Del Aguila, and J. Lugo

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RC C656: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 May 2015
RC C696: 'Revision', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 May 2015
AC C817: 'reply to referee comments and revised manuscript', Jorge Lugo, 24 Jun 2015

Short summary

The main aim was to assess agriculture soils differing in elapsed time since pumice mining in Mexico. The study sites in 0, 4, 10 and 15 year old reclaimed soils were compared with an adjacent undisturbed site. A general trend of recovery towards the undisturbed condition with reclamation age was found after disturbance. The multivariate analysis applied indicates that the most appropriate indicators to diagnose the quality of the soils were total N, urease and available phosphorus.