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A short general review of all aspects of the NMR technique, in both the spectroscopic and imaging modes, as applied to the study of soil, is presented from a mainly technical point of view. Illustrations, in the form of spectra and images, are reproduced for whole soils, solids, solid fractions, and liquid extracts from material in the authors' group. Nuclides covered are 1 H, 13...
In order to describe the humus forms present in different ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest (Brazil), a morpho-functional criterium was adopted. Samples were collected from eight sites: three sites in the Tabuleiro Forest, four sites in the Restinga, and one site in Tijuca Forest. Soil samples were sorted in L, F, and H horizon and the A horizon. A horizon was analysed for pH, total C and N, available...
The fate of organic matter (OM) in large-scale infiltration basins used for wastewater treatment by the soil aquifer treatment (SAT) system was investigated. Measured changes in the organic matter concentrations in the soil profiles of the infiltration basins and detailed long-term records of OM concentrations in the recharged effluent and in the observation wells and recovery wells water, were used...
Total concentrations and pools of Pb in the surface layers of mountain soils in the Karkonosze National Park are presented and discussed in relation to site altitudes and soil properties. Soil samples were collected from a forest floor and from the depths of 0–10cm and 10–20cm in 372 monitoring sites situated in a forested zone of the Park. Particularly high concentrations of Pb (24–200mg∙kg −1...
An on-the-go optical soil sensor with 660nm red and 940nm near-infrared wavelengths with an electrical conductivity (EC) sensing unit were tested to estimate soil organic matter (SOM) and cation-exchange capacity (CEC) on 551ha on 15 fields in 6 U.S. states. For calibration between sensed data and lab-analyzed values, a multivariate linear regression (MLR) with leave-one-out cross validation was performed...
Change in soil organic matter (SOM) stocks over time is a critical issue for soil fertility, soil development (pedogenesis) and the global carbon (C) cycle. Measuring such change typically relies on sampling to constant depth (CD) which is well known to be inaccurate if bulk density (BD) has changed between sampling sites or times. The usual solution to this problem is to sample an equivalent mass...
We demonstrate calibration models developed for a number of soil variables, based on colour information derived from standard digital photography and a prototype visible-wavelength spectroscopy device. The samples used were taken from the National Soils Inventory of Scotland and included topsoil samples taken either from the upper horizon or bulked from the top 20cm. A total of 31 variables were investigated,...
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