Rare earth mine tailing dumps are environmental hazards because tailing easily leaches and erodes by water and wind. To assess the influence of mine tailing on the geochemical behavior of rare earth elements (REEs) in soil, sixty-seven surface soil samples and three soil profile samples were collected from different locations near China's largest rare earth mine tailing. The total concentration...

This study describes the chemical speciation of Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, As, and Sn in soil of former tin mining catchment. Total five sites were selected for sampling and subsequent subsamples were collected from each site in order to create a composite sample for analysis. Samples were analysed by the sequential extraction procedure using optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES). Small amounts of Cu, C...

Plant sand fixation is the most durable and environmentally friendly mitigation measure for windblown hazards. For aeolian–sand composite soil, fines content main factor affecting pore size distribution characteristics determines soil water retention characteristics. Sandy with uniform particle was used as material, low-plasticity clay a fine particle, soils different were prepared. The evoluti...

flood water contains high amount of sediment affecting the fertility of the coarse grain alluvial fans and flood plains through increasing nutrients. in this study, the effects of the flood water spreading on the soil nutrients recovery were investigated during 10 years (2004-2014) at the poldasht flood spreading station of west azarbaijan in iran. flooded three upper strips were selected at th...

determination of the best method to estimate the dispersion rate is very important to ensure accuracy of the computed data. the aim of this research is studying of transport length effects of dispersion of conservative tracer nacl in soils with different texture using several solute transport models including brigham, fried-combernous and solutions of the advection-dispersion equation with inve...

Knowledge of soil spatial variability is important in natural resource management, 22 interpolation and soil sampling design, but requires a considerable amount of geo-referenced 23 data. In this study, mid-infrared spectroscopy in combination with spatial analyses tools is 24 being proposed to facilitate landscape evaluation and monitoring. Mid-infrared spectroscopy 25 2 (MIRS) and geostatisti...

Urban soil pollution has become a major concern in megacities around the world. Due to their non-degradable characteristic, toxic metals are among the most notorious pollutants. In this study determination of total and bioavailable fraction of toxic metals Ni, Cu, Cr, Zn, Co, Cd, Pb and Mn, in surface soils of district 16th in Tehran municipality is considered. Furthermore, metals uptake potent...

The capability of active microwave remote sensing to measure soil moisture was validated via the use of GIS techniques incorporating soil landscape unit assessment and terrain wetness. The work was carried out over an 80 km region in the Mount lofty Ranges in South Australia. Search for atypically wet sites (ie. wet areas in a dry landscape, which were non-irrigated) was completed using analysi...

Background & Aims of the Study: Heavy metals are the most important contaminants in the soil. Due to their non-biodegradable property, heavy metals can persist in the ecosystem for a long time. Therefore, this research focuses on heavy metal contamination in urban park soils in Asadabad, Hamedan, Iran. Materials & Methods: Altogether 18 composite soil samples were collect...

Sirri Island is one of the most important islands in Iran where contains massive amounts of crude oil reservoirs and is a crude oil exporting and storage spot. Petroleum sludge wastes produced by the refineries are deposited in outdoor 2-ha open pits. 30 sludge samples from different depot locations were conducted in 3-time intervals and mixed with each other to form one homogenized sample. The...