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Contamination Influencing Soil Properties

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Contaminated Urban Soils

Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution ((EPOL,volume 18))

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While the previous chapters focused mainly on the contamination ­potential of technogenic substrates and anthropogenic soils, this chapter will include the mobility-determining soil properties. In particular, the impact of physical characteristics present in urban environments such as sealing, erosion, deflation and the enrichment of the skeletal fraction are described in the context of the contaminated soil problem. In relation to the heavy metals their mobility in different anthropogenic deposits is estimated, involving a number of extraction methods like NH4 acetate, EDTA, etc. Chemical parameters such as pH value, carbon content and binding agents are connected with the mobility assessment. The nutrient status of urban soils, which sometimes becomes relevant with regard to contamination, is discussed in detail. Furthermore, the influence of pedogenesis is treated, since pedogenic processes can alter contaminant potential and mobility. Again, this ­chapter covers many examples from all over the world.

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Meuser, H. (2010). Contamination Influencing Soil Properties. In: Contaminated Urban Soils. Environmental Pollution, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9328-8_6

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