Research Article

Reclaiming Subsidized Land: An Evaluation of Coal Gangue Interlayers

Table 4

Total and available nitrogen of interlayered soil profiles.

Treatment0–10 cm20–30 cm40–50 cm60–70 cm80–90 cm100–110 cm

TN (g/kg)CK10.56 ± 0.03a0.50 ± 0.06a0.43 ± 0.02b0.43 ± 0.02b0.38 ± 0.05d0.44 ± 0.37e
CK20.53 ± 0.03a0.49 ± 0.05a0.41 ± 0.02b0.45 ± 0.04b1.26 ± 0.03a1.28 ± 0.03bc
T10.44 ± 0.03b0.34 ± 0.02b1.25 ± 0.09a0.47 ± 0.01b1.18 ± 0.01b1.26 ± 0.02bc
T20.43 ± 0.02b0.33 ± 0.04b1.13 ± 0.08a1.13 ± 0.08a0.40 ± 0.03d1.20 ± 0.05bcd
T30.41 ± 0.01b0.34 ± 0.05b1.33 ± 0.13a1.41 ± 0.27a0.43 ± 0.02d1.32 ± 0.08ab
T40.44 ± 0.02b0.35 ± 0.05b1.24 ± 0.05a0.47 ± 0.6b0.58 ± 0.04c1.14 ± 0.05cd
T50.45 ± 0.01b0.35 ± 0.05b1.32 ± 0.09a1.26 ± 0.07a0.54 ± 0.02c1.40 ± 0.02a
T60.45 ± 0.04b0.36 ± 0.04b0.41 ± 0.02b1.22 ± 0.01a0.55 ± 0.06c1.15 ± 0.07cd
T70.46 ± 0.01b0.37 ± 0.04b0.38 ± 0.02b1.36 ± 0.01a0.55 ± 0.05c1.03 ± 0.05d
T80.40 ± 0.03b0.32 ± 0.04b1.36 ± 0.19a1.26 ± 0.03a0.40 ± 0.03d1.18 ± 0.01bcd

AN (mg/kg)CK125.19 ± 0.98a21.85 ± 1.38a18.89 ± 0.44a15.16 ± 0.38b14.52 ± 0.12a13.55 ± 1.41a
CK224.96 ± 1.31a21.27 ± 1.55a18.29 ± 0.77a14.09 ± 0.25b9.94 ± 0.38b10.30 ± 0.06b
T121.24 ± 1.50b17.61 ± 0.24bc10.63 ± 0.95c14.73 ± 0.69b9.96 ± 0.40b8.69 ± 0.11bc
T219.96 ± 1.56b15.74 ± 0.16bc10.40 ± 0.60c9.97 ± 0.20c15.53 ± 1.32a9.53 ± 0.27bc
T319.33 ± 0.25b15.79 ± 0.02bc10.48 ± 0.50c9.81 ± 0.80c14.68 ± 0.78a10.25 ± 0.57b
T420.06 ± 0.41b18.09 ± 0.72b10.35 ± 0.50c16.35 ± 0.28a15.52 ± 0.54a8.14 ± 0.33c
T521.94 ± 0.55b15.92 ± 0.60bc10.63 ± 0.59c9.78 ± 0.69c15.91 ± 0.60a9.40 ± 0.39bc
T621.32 ± 0.91b17.51 ± 0.35bc15.53 ± 1.58b9.71 ± 0.42c15.27 ± 0.20a10.25 ± 0.67b
T721.94 ± 1.16b17.64 ± 0.87bc15.43 ± 0.35b9.79 ± 0.54c15.22 ± 0.81a10.09 ± 0.28b
T819.06 ± 0.13b15.12 ± 0.48c10.16 ± 0.42c9.80 ± 0.39c14.66 ± 0.94a9.35 ± 0.24bc