Evaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India

The present study was conducted at a coal mining affected forest and a non-affected forest to analyze the seasonal changes in soil physico-chemical properties, incorporate additive and weighted soil quality index (SQI) to determine the soil quality and check the affected forest soil pollution statu...

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Autores principales:	Khikeya Semy, M. R. Singh, Nishant Vats
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Publicado:	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2021
Materias:	Changki forest coal mines pollution indices soil quality indicators weighted and additive SQI Environmental engineering TA170-171
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:999e160753c4481bbe1df0301c7c6d182021-11-25T12:42:54ZEvaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India10.3846/jeelm.2021.158481648-68971822-4199https://doaj.org/article/999e160753c4481bbe1df0301c7c6d182021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/article/view/15848https://doaj.org/toc/1648-6897https://doaj.org/toc/1822-4199 The present study was conducted at a coal mining affected forest and a non-affected forest to analyze the seasonal changes in soil physico-chemical properties, incorporate additive and weighted soil quality index (SQI) to determine the soil quality and check the affected forest soil pollution status. Comparative SQI shows that the non-affected forest presented higher SQI in all the seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn). However, in both the forest the seasonal additive and weighted SQI was categorised as autumn > summer > spring > winter and the overall SQI of the soil depth was ranked as 0–10 > 10–20 > 20–30 cm. The Single pollution index (PI) points out that cadmium (Cd) was the main potential contributor to soil pollution while the Pollution load index (PLI) and Nemerow integrated pollution index (NIPI) revealed moderate soil pollution status. The result summarized that coal mining activities can elevate soil deterioration rate, such as loss in soil organic carbon, reduction in nutrient availability, and slowing down the rejuvenating process of forest soil. Khikeya SemyM. R. SinghNishant VatsVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityarticleChangki forestcoal minespollution indicessoil quality indicatorsweighted and additive SQIEnvironmental engineeringTA170-171ENJournal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, Vol 29, Iss 4 (2021)
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description	The present study was conducted at a coal mining affected forest and a non-affected forest to analyze the seasonal changes in soil physico-chemical properties, incorporate additive and weighted soil quality index (SQI) to determine the soil quality and check the affected forest soil pollution status. Comparative SQI shows that the non-affected forest presented higher SQI in all the seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn). However, in both the forest the seasonal additive and weighted SQI was categorised as autumn > summer > spring > winter and the overall SQI of the soil depth was ranked as 0–10 > 10–20 > 20–30 cm. The Single pollution index (PI) points out that cadmium (Cd) was the main potential contributor to soil pollution while the Pollution load index (PLI) and Nemerow integrated pollution index (NIPI) revealed moderate soil pollution status. The result summarized that coal mining activities can elevate soil deterioration rate, such as loss in soil organic carbon, reduction in nutrient availability, and slowing down the rejuvenating process of forest soil.
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title	Evaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India
title_short	Evaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India
title_full	Evaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India
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Evaluation of soil quality of a coal mine affected forest at Changki, Nagaland, India

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