US EPA

668498 

Journal Article 

Alginite - a new ecological raw material suitable for utilisation in forestry 

Vass, D; Konecny, V; Elecko, M 

1998 

1 

Lesnictvi
ISSN: 0024-1105 

BIOSIS/99/01745 

44 

8 

348-358 

slo 

BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. A maar situated nearby the village of Pincina (Lucenec district, Southern Slovakia) belonging to the Podrecany Basalt Formation (Pontian in age, approx. 6.5 m.y. B.C.) is filled with alginite. The alginite is a rock rich in organic matter of algal origin. Because of this fact the alginite has the qualities predestinating it to be used as a fertiliser, or soil activator in the forestry, agriculture, and horticulture. The positive qualities are given by high humus content (on average 15.5 wght.%), elevated content of macronutrients (P2O5, K2O, Ca, Mg) as well as micronutrients. It contains trace elements but the toxic heavy metals are below the toxicity limit. The alginite has high water absorption capacity - up to 110% and high specific surface (313-654 m2 special features of the organic matter (kerogen type II) and by the presence of smectite. According to the experience in Hungary the similar alginite is effectively used in the agriculture and in horticulture as fertil 

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