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vol. 10, nr. 1 (2007)
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The state of soil cover on the territories of former sulphur mines “Yavoriv” (Ukraine) and “Machów” (Poland) from the standpoint of current research
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Vitaliya Levyk1, Małgorzata Brzezińska2
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1 Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Kozelnycka 4, 79026 Lwów, Ukraina |
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2 Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland |
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vol. 10 (2007), nr. 1,
pp. 149-157
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abstract:
The Pre-Carpathian sulphur-bearing basin is one of the most abundant sulphur deposits in the world. In the 90’s of the 20th century, after closing sulphur mines in Yavoriv (Ukraine) and Machow (Poland), there remained a huge square of devastated soils which are undergoing agricultural, forest and meadow reclamation or left for natural processes of soil and vegetation self-recovery. Investigations by Polish and Ukrainian researchers showed that the grounds after sulphur deposit mining are potentially fertile soil substrate and over a period of time the properties of technogenic soils become approximate to the properties of natural zonal soils. The soils on the territories of former underground melting are more devastated and complicated for restoration than areas of former strip mines. Special emphasis is placed on importance of future investigation of biological activity of technogenic soils on the territories of former sulphur mines “Yavoriv” and “Machow”.
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keywords:
sulphur mine, technogenic soils, restoration
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original in:
Polish
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