Hydrogel and Organic Amendments to Increase Water Retention in Anthroposols for Land Reclamation
Table 2
Particle size of substrates.
Sieve size
Crushed rock (%)
Lakebed sediment (%)
Processed kimberlite (%)
19.0 mm
4.3 (1.4)
7.0 (1.8)
0.0 (0.0)
12.5 mm
14.3 (1.7)
6.0 (1.1)
0.0 (0.0)
9.5 mm
10.7 (0.9)
4.1 (0.4)
0.0 (0.0)
6.3 mm
8.8 (0.7)
5.9 (0.3)
0.0 (0.0)
4.0 mm
9.3 (0.4)
7.8 (0.5)
0.0 (0.0)
2.0 mm
11.1 (0.2)
11.5 (0.3)
0.5 (0.0)
1.0 mm
9.6 (0.2)
11.8 (0.2)
13.0 (0.7)
500 μm
9.2 (0.2)
12.1 (0.3)
42.3 (1.2)
250 μm
8.7 (0.2)
12.1 (0.4)
23.0 (0.7)
212 μm
2.1 (0.2)
3.7 (0.1)
4.7 (0.2)
106 μm
5.6 (0.2)
8.4 (0.3)
8.6 (0.5)
53 μm
5.0 (0.3)
9.2 (0.5)
5.4 (0.4)
Pan
1.1 (0.1)
0.3 (0.1)
2.5 (0.2)
Data are presented as means with standard errors in brackets (n = 5). Amounts presented for each sieve size represent the percentage of material caught in that sieve.
