Soil assessment

Some industries are interested only in certain aspects of soil assessment and do not require a detailed assessment. 

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Sassman S.A. and L.S. Lee (2005). Sorption of three tetracyclines by several soils Assessing the role of pH and cation exchange. Environmental Science and Technology 39 7452-7459. 

Hund, K. 1997. Algal growth inhibition test—feasibility and limitations for soil assessment. Chemosphere 35 1069-1082. 

Soil assessment can therefore be related at all scales of pedological interest. However, the temporal variability of soils is less well understood or... 

In recommending assays, the existence of an internationally standardised protocol is an important factor for the credibility of a given test. Coupled to this, however, is the recognition that there can be a considerable time delay before standardisation is attained and in any case current standard tests have not been fully developed for contaminated soil assessment. Even when tests become standardised, developments do not cease and methods can change on the basis of improved knowledge. For example, a revision of the OECD terrestrial plant growth test (OECD, 2000) first published in 1984 (OECD, 1984) has been... 

Mass of soil assessed per hectare down to 3 m= 75 000 tonnes... 

Soil assessment for improving agricultural production has a long history of development and, more recently, environmental soil testing has become a major focus of effort to monitor and provide information related to environmental contamination. Other uses of soil assessment include geotechnical investigations to assess physical properties of soils for foundations and earthworks and suitability for waste treatment and drainage. 

Representative sampling or monitoring of the soil resource is a major component of soil assessment since most soil samples or monitoring points provide information on a small fi action of the total soil volume contained in a field and may only represent certain locations and depths at a specific point in time. If the soil sampling or monitoring strategy is not designed and conducted correctly based on the... 

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