Abstract
The Changes in Physicochemical Properties in Soils Subjected to Many Years of Reclamation
Highlights
The sulfur mine in Jeziórko exhibits a soil environment that is heavily degraded and devastated
Sulfur was mined in this area by using the underground smelting method known as the Frash method
This method was an innovative technology that resulted in specific transformations of the natural environment, in particular of the soil environment
Summary
The sulfur mine in Jeziórko exhibits a soil environment that is heavily degraded and devastated. Sulfur was mined in this area by using the underground smelting method known as the Frash method This method was an innovative technology that resulted in specific transformations of the natural environment, in particular of the soil environment. In the Jeziórko sulfur mine, a much more environmentally friendly technique of extracting the sulfur by melting it from the rock mass was used This method, despite its undoubtedly positive features for the natural environment (no need to remove the overburden and create dumps and deep excavations), caused intensive degradation of the chemical, physicochemical, and biological properties of the soils, often to the state of devastation [Kaniuczak 2007, Knap et al.2016, Warzybok 2000, Martyn and Jońca 2006, Józefowska et al 2016, Olson 2010, Siuta 2016]. Native sulfur, sulfides, and sulfur oxides are a potential source of sulfuric acid in the soils, leading to a decrease in the pH and creation of toxic conditions for most plants, including a huge shortage of nutrients and increased mobility of the phytotoxic elements [Warzybok 2000, Martyn and Jońca 2006]
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