Comparative Assessment of Soil Physicochemical Properties across Active Mining, Logistics, Peripheral and Agricultural Zones in the North Karanpura Coalfield, Jharkhand, India
Ranjan Kumar, Aakriti Kumari, Sinu Dayal, Sandeep Prasad & Namita Lal · Asian Research Journal of Agriculture · 2026
This study evaluates differences in topsoil physicochemical properties among four techno-ecological settings in the North Karanpura Coalfield, Jharkhand, India: an active opencast mining site (Amrapali), a coal-logistics zone on reclaimed land (Piparwar village), a mining-periphe...
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10.9734/arja/2026/v19i4931