Using marble wastes as a soil amendment for acidic soil ...
Jan 15, 2014· 1. Introduction. is a common method to increase the pH of acid soils. The material reacts with carbon dioxide and water in the soil to yield HCO 3 −, which removes the H + and Al 3+ from the solution, raising the soil pH (Safari and Bidhendi, 2007, Muthukrishnan and Oleske, 2008).Naturally occurring minerals such as lime (predominantly CaCO 3) are commonly used to .