Division: SSSA Division: Soil Chemistry

Title: Risks and Remediation of Post-Mining Soils: II (Includes Student Competition)

Lead Community Sponsor:
Cosponsor: Soils & Environmental Quality
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Poster Topical Session
Keywords: mine soils

Session Description: Mine soil reclamation and landscape restoration have become important parts of the sustainable development strategy in many countries. Mining has severely disturbed ecosystems, resulting in soils that contain contaminants and that have nutrient limitations. 

New approaches are necessary for soil reclamation and landscape restoration. Feasible measurements should take into account several factors such as soil properties (biological activity, content of available nutrients and also contaminants, soil heterogeneity, sampling strategies), climatic conditions and plant species. Modeling approaches are necessary to predict the potential long-term soil development. 

The session will focus on the pedogenesis, biogeochemical cycles and linked microbial induced processes and modeling approaches during soil reclamation and remediation.