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Heavy Metals in Soils: An Investigation of the Contaminated Floodplains Around the Sinu River, Colombia

open access: yesGeoHealth, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Heavy metal contamination in rivers mostly originates from anthropogenic sources such as industrial activities, mining, agriculture, and urban runoff. These metals accumulate in river sediments and impact living organisms and the surrounding ecosystem. Historically, some rivers in Colombia have faced issues related to heavy metal contamination,
Diana Di Luccio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

FIELD PEDOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF TWO TRANSECTS ALONG THE INNER AND OUTER SIDES OF A SIXTY YEARS OLD TISZA DIKE – A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALKALI GRASSLANDS [PDF]

open access: yesActa Geographica Debrecina. Landscape & Environment Series, 2009
Two transects were studied by field pedological investigations and soil bulk electrical conductivity measurements in order to understand the effect of a 60 year old dike along the Tisza River on soil formation and vegetation composition.
TIBOR TÓTH   +3 more
doaj  

Physics of the Soil Medium OrganizationPart 1: Thermodynamic Formulation of the Pedostructure Water Retention and Shrinkage Curves

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2014
The equations used in soil physics to characterize the hydro-physical properties of the soil medium cannot be other than empirical since they do not take into account the multi-scale functional organization of the soil medium that is described in ...
Erik eBraudeau   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uniqueness of limestone soil-forming substrate in the forest ecosystem classification

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2007
The uniqueness of limestone soil-forming substrate was assessed with respect to the classification of forest ecosystems. 50 soil profiles from the Bohemian Karst were studied and the results were confronted with previously published works from other ...
P. Šamonil
doaj   +1 more source

Proposal for taxonomic revision of thick and highly weathered sandy soils in the Brazilian soil classification system

open access: yesDiscover Soil
Highly weathered thick (> 150 cm) tropical soils with clay contents between 80 g kg− 1 and 150 g kg− 1 and low amount of silt (
Carlos Roberto Espindola   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genesis, classification and human modification of peat and mineral-organic soils, Hula Valley, Israel [PDF]

open access: yesMires and Peat, 2011
In the last six decades, the pedosphere of the Hula Valley, Israel, has been subjected to major management changes that have led to intense soil alterations.
M.I. Litaor, O. Reichmann, M. Shenker
doaj  

Nonlinear and Scaling Processes in Hydrology and Soil Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Hydrology is the study of the properties, distribution and effects of water on the Earth?s soil, rocks and atmosphere. It also encompasses the study of the hydrologic cycle of precipitation, runoff, infiltration, storage, and evaporation, including the ...
Cheng, Q.   +4 more
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Pukekohe silt loam, Pukekohe Hill [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Pukekohe Hill is an excellent starting point for the tour in various ways: it provides a commanding view of important market gardens developed within Ultisols, and associated landuse issues, and the Massey Memorial on the hilltop commemorates Irish-born,
Lowe, David J.
core   +1 more source

Soil profiles: the more we see, the more we understand [PDF]

open access: yes
The aesthetics of soils have fascinated soil scientists in all times. Since the late 1800s soil profile drawings, paintings and photographs have been depicted in hundreds of text books.
Hartemink, A.E.
core  

Hiroshi Machida −respected tephrochronologist, teacher, leader [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Machida (Hiroshi hereafter) is the leading tephrochronologist of his generation in Japan. Perhaps more than any other geoscientist from Japan, Hiroshi carried the insights and advances of tephra studies and their application in
Lowe, David J.   +2 more
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