To define the soil properties for a given area or country including the level of pollution, soil survey and inventory programs are essential tools. Soil data transformations enable the expression of the original data on a new scale, more suitable for data analysis. In the computer-aided interactive analysis of large data files of soil characteristics containing outliers, the diagnostic plots of...

Laboratory-based Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) analysis of vegetation leaves, soil, and leaf litter samples is presented. The leaf litter and soil samples, numbered 1 and 2, were obtained from a site located in the savanna biome of South Africa (Skukuza: 25.0°S, 31.5°E). A third soil sample, number 3, was obtained from Etosha Pan, Namibia (19.20S, 15.93E, alt. 1100 m). ...

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Many studies regarding heavy metal concentration in contaminated soils have observed increased concentrations in the smaller-sized particles. This phenomenon has been attributed to differences in organic matter, contaminant source, and particle surface area. The relationship between particle size and lead concentration in soils was explored. Data from four published studies were considered; the...