Effects of compost produced from town wastes and sewage sludge on the physical properties of a loamy and a clay soil

dc.contributor.author	Aggelides, SM	en
dc.contributor.author	Londra, PA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:44:17Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:44:17Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	09608524	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00074-7	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/1787
dc.subject	Compost	en
dc.subject	Sewage sludge	en
dc.subject	Soil physical properties	en
dc.subject	Soil rehabilitation	en
dc.subject	Town wastes	en
dc.subject.other	Agglomeration	en
dc.subject.other	Clay	en
dc.subject.other	Fertilizers	en
dc.subject.other	Hydraulic conductivity	en
dc.subject.other	Pore size	en
dc.subject.other	Porosity	en
dc.subject.other	Sawdust	en
dc.subject.other	Sewage sludge	en
dc.subject.other	Bulk density	en
dc.subject.other	Loamy soil	en
dc.subject.other	Soil penetration resistance	en
dc.subject.other	Soil physical properties	en
dc.subject.other	Soil rehabilitation	en
dc.subject.other	Town wastes	en
dc.subject.other	Water retention capacity	en
dc.subject.other	Composting	en
dc.subject.other	clay soil	en
dc.subject.other	compost	en
dc.subject.other	loam	en
dc.subject.other	physical property	en
dc.subject.other	sewage	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	clay	en
dc.subject.other	composting	en
dc.subject.other	particle size	en
dc.subject.other	physical parameters	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	sewage	en
dc.subject.other	sludge	en
dc.subject.other	soil	en
dc.subject.other	soil treatment	en
dc.subject.other	waste management	en
dc.subject.other	water content	en
dc.title	Effects of compost produced from town wastes and sewage sludge on the physical properties of a loamy and a clay soil	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00074-7	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	Organic fertilizer produced by composting 62% town wastes, 21% sewage sludge and 17% sawdust by volume, was applied at the rates of 0 (control), 75, 150 and 300 m3 ha-1 to loamy and clay soils, in order to investigate its potential for soil improvement. The experiments were conducted in areas characterised by a semi-arid climate. The chemical properties of the soils were affected directly by the amendment compost. The physical properties of the amended soils were improved in all cases as far as the saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, water retention capacity, bulk density, total porosity, pore size distribution, soil resistance to penetration, aggregation and aggregate stability, were concerned. In most of the cases the improvements were proportional to the application rates of the compost and they were greater in the loamy soil than in the clay soil.Organic fertilizer produced by composting 62% town wastes, 21% sewage sludge and 17% sawdust by volume, was applied at the rates of 0 (control), 75, 150 and 300 m3 ha-1 to loamy and clay soils, in order to investigate its potential for soil improvement. The experiments were conducted in areas characterised by a semi-arid climate. The chemical properties of the soils were affected directly by the amendment compost. The physical properties of the amended soils were improved in all cases as far as the saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, water retention capacity, bulk density, total porosity, pore size distribution, soil resistance to penetration, aggregation and aggregate stability, were concerned. In most of the cases the improvements were proportional to the application rates of the compost and they were greater in the loamy soil than in the clay soil.	en
heal.publisher	Elsevier Science Ltd, Exeter, United Kingdom	en
heal.journalName	Bioresource Technology	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.volume	71	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00074-7	en
dc.identifier.spage	253	en
dc.identifier.epage	259	en