Research Article
Hydrogel and Organic Amendments to Increase Water Retention in Anthroposols for Land Reclamation
Table 1
Chemical properties of substrates and amendments.
| Material | Cation exchange capacity (meq·100g−1) | Electrical conductivity (dS·m−1) | Soil reaction (pH) | Total organic carbon (%) |
| Crushed rock | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.0 (0.0) | 7.8 (0.0) | 0.1 | Lakebed sediment | 1.4 (0.1) | 4.7 (0.1) | 4.6 (0.0) | 0.2 | Processed kimberlite | 9.8 (0.3) | 3.8 (0.0) | 8.2 (0.0) | 0.4 | Peat | 112.0 (7.0) | 0.5 (0.0) | 3.9 (0.0) | 43.4 | Sewage | 69.8 (4.7) | 5.9 (0.4) | 6.1 (0.3) | 28.6 | Soil | 13.3 (0.6) | 1.9 (0.1) | 4.5 (0.0) | 2.7 |
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Data are presented as means with standard errors in brackets (adapted from [ 17]). |