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Uranium contamination of soil and groundwater by phosphate fertilizer application

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Besides P, the application of phosphate fertilizers also introduces U to agriculturally used land. Still today there are many unknowns regarding the behavior of U in the subsurface. Therefore, in this study two different sites of agriculturally used land in the federal state of Saxony, Germany, were studied in detail by soil and water sampling with subsequent analysis of the samples’ composition and properties in the laboratory. Additionally, long-term land use-, weather- and water and soil analytical data from state authorities was considered. It was shown that the fate of U is influenced by soil properties (cation-exchange capacity (CEC), humic and organic matter content, the fraction of cohesive material (clay and silt)), fertilization (type, amount and frequency), ploughing depth, precipitation, and the factor time.

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  1. Institute of Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Str.12, 09599, Freiberg, Germany

    Mandy Hoyer

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  1. Institute for Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Broder J. Merkel

  2. Geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany

    Alireza Arab

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Hoyer, M. (2015). Uranium contamination of soil and groundwater by phosphate fertilizer application. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_81

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