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Table 5 Soil chemical and physical pparameters on Quarry and Non-quarry areas

From: Effects of stone mining on woody plant species diversity and selected soil properties in northern Ethiopia

Variable

Land use types

t value

p value

Quarry

Non-quarry

Mean TN (%)

0.091

0.1493

− 0.058250

0.000

Mean AvP (ppm)

3.867

6.4233

− 2.611667

0.027

Mean EX. K (ppm)

253.1

316.29

− 1.778000

0.127

Mean OC (%)

1.670

1.5883

0.5520000

0.013

Mean EC (ds/m)

1.288

0.6233

0.6650000

0.071

Mean pH

8.282

7.7120

0.5700000

0.005

Mean BD (g/cm3)

1.903

1.3801

17.463000

0.000

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