Spatio-temporal analysis of soil properties for the eastern border of the European Union

Głowienka, E.; Michałowska, Krystyna; Pękała, Agnieszka

doi:10.1201/9781315393827-71

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“…Among the industrial plants which are the main sources of contamination with strontium and barium, apart from the chemical and pulp and paper industries, the ceramic, cement and glass industries are mentioned. In the current research work in the eastern EU buffer strip, areas with a high concentration of trace elements, mainly strontium, in soils adjacent to cement building materials production plants were observed [ 68 ]. The studies of Sr content in the opoka rocks in central Poland showed concentrations at the level of 396–223 mg·kg −1 , with an average value of 293 mg·kg −1 [ 69 ].…”

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Modelling the Leachability of Strontium and Barium from Stone Building Materials

Pękała

Musiał

2021

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In order that the impact on the environment and human beings can be assessed, it may prove necessary for geochemical research work to entail determinations of concentrations of trace elements in building materials, and it is also likely that this will be a time-consuming and financially-demanding business. Additionally, once basic research has been carried out to determine the mineral composition and structural and textural features, it will then be important to determine concentrations of elements that affect the surrounding natural environment and the health of human beings. This paper thus describes mineralogical and geochemical analyses performed on the stone material that opoka rocks represent. Mineralogical studies have shown that the studied opoka rocks most often have cryptocrystalline silica dispersed among carbonate components. The texture of the rock is slightly porous. Silica in the form of type opal A and CT (cristobalite–tridymite) is the main mineral component of the opoka rocks. Carbonate minerals represented by calcite were an important component in the opoka rocks. Earlier geochemical studies focused on the concentration of Sr and Ba. However, the determination of the leachability of these elements as a function of time is a novelty in this study. Trace elements leached from the material matrix were made subject to determinations. The MATLAB program was used to assess leachability in the cases of both strontium and barium, by reference to the Mamdani–Assilian fuzzy algorithm. The presented work has thus sought to experiment with the use of statistical methods to monitor the effectiveness of geochemical processes taking place over time.

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Modelling the Leachability of Strontium and Barium from Stone Building Materials

Pękała

Musiał

2021

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“…Research related to soil and land management and environmental decision support systems is nowadays facilitated by increasing availability of high-resolution spatial data, remote sensing data and GIS analysis tools. Progressive climate change makes such studies a pressing need [50][51][52][53][54][55]. Current wind erosion models provide detailed knowledge necessary to predict and monitor this phenomenon and to implement effective mitigation measures, and are developed at different temporal and spatial scales using data integration from multiple sources [4,6,56,57].…”

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Long-Term Impact of Wind Erosion on the Particle Size Distribution of Soils in the Eastern Part of the European Union

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Wind erosion is the leading cause of soil degradation and air pollution in many regions of the world. As wind erosion is controlled by climatic factors, research on this phenomenon is urgently needed in soil and land management in order to better adapt to climate change. In this paper, the impact of wind erosion on the soil surface in relation to particle size distribution was investigated. Changes in percentage of sand, silt and clay fractions based on historical KPP data (1961–1970), LUCAS data base (2009), and field measurements (2016) were analysed in five cadastral areas impacted by wind erosion (Záhorie Lowlands, Slovakia). With the use of GIS tools, models of spatial distribution of sand, silt, clay and erodible fraction (EF) content were developed based on those measurements. Our findings proved that soil texture change driven by wind erosion could happen relatively quickly, and a significant proportion of soil fine particles may be carried away within a few years. The results indicate that the soil surface became much rougher over the period of more than 50 years, but also that the accumulation of fraction of the silt particles occurred in most of the areas affected by the erosive effect.

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Spatio-temporal analysis of soil properties for the eastern border of the European Union

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Modelling the Leachability of Strontium and Barium from Stone Building Materials

Modelling the Leachability of Strontium and Barium from Stone Building Materials

Long-Term Impact of Wind Erosion on the Particle Size Distribution of Soils in the Eastern Part of the European Union

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