Search
Search Results
-
Predicting Soil Swelling Potential Using Soil Classification Properties
Despite extensive research on unsaturated soil behavior in recent decades, the field of transportation engineering still lacks technically and...
-
Halophyte Vegetation Influences Soil Microbial Community of Coastal Salt Marsh
Coastal wetlands are the most productive ecosystems worldwide and can provide important ecosystem services, yet the characteristics of microbial...
-
Bioindication of the Status of Dark Gray Soil in Pine Forests of Krasnoyarsk Forest-Steppe under Anthropogenic Impact
AbstractThe biological activity of dark gray soil was studied in a 100-year-old forbs–green-moss Pogorel’skii pine forest in Krasnoyarsk...
-
Changes in soil nitrate, phosphate, and sulfate stocks as a function of forest litter type in a derived Savannah ecosystem of Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria
In order to adequately monitor the contributions of different tree species to soil nutrient stocks and soil properties, the impact of forest tree...
-
Spatial prediction of soil properties using random forest, k-nearest neighbors and cubist approaches in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, Russia
Soil organic matter (SOM) and pH are important indicators to evaluate soil quality. This study applied several machine learning (ML) techniques,...
-
Effect of arsenic contamination on geotechnical properties of clayey soil
Soil contamination by heavy metals is a severe problem worldwide because of its environmental impact and consequences on human health. Arsenic is one...
-
Integral Assessment of the Soil Component of Wine Terroir
AbstractSelection of a land plot is one of the first and most important stages during realization of the vineyard project. The final decision at this...
-
Seasonal Activity of Soil Peroxidase in Drained Swamp Pine Forests of Western Siberia: Systemic-Ecological Analysis
AbstractWe studied a mesotrophic swamp drained 25 years ago in the northern part of the Ob’ River basin (56°23′710″ N, 84°34′043″ E). In peat soils...
-
Assessment of Soil Quality Index for Onion Cultivated Soils in a Semiarid Agricultural Ecosystem
AbstractSoil quality (SQ) has been described as the ability of a particular type of soil to function, based on natural or managed ecosystem...
-
The Long-Term Straw Returning to Paddy Land Altered the Soil Phosphate Fractions and Composition of Microbial Communities
AbstractStraw returning is an effective practice for improving soil quality and increasing soil nutrients. However, the effect of straw returning on...
-
Detailed investigation of soil properties and elemental concentration variation along a hillslope landscape using multivariate approaches
Soil properties can be influenced by slope location due to erosion, deposition, and mass movement. There are conflicting findings regarding the...
-
Digital map** of selected soil properties using machine learning and geostatistical techniques in Mashhad plain, northeastern Iran
Understanding the spatial variation of soil properties is essential for monitoring land capabilities as well as the sustainable management of soil...
-
Association between soil organic carbon and calcium in acidic grassland soils from Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
Organo-mineral and organo-metal associations play an important role in the retention and accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC). Recent studies...
-
Saltwater intrusion in context: soil factors regulate impacts of salinity on soil carbon cycling
Salinization of freshwater ecosystems impacts carbon cycling, a particular concern for coastal wetlands, which are important agents of carbon...
-
A Comparative Study of Physical and Chemical Parameters and Ciliate Diversity of Leachate Contaminated Soil from the Landfill and the Soil from the Human Inhabitant Land
AbstractLandfilling is considered to be a safe and economical approach for waste disposal but this is true only for engineered landfills. Engineered...
-
Temporal Dynamics of Soil Microbial Functional Genes in Reclaimed Salinized Farmland in Northwest China
AbstractThe widespread abandoned saline-alkali soils in the Manas River Basin in northwest China have been reclaimed for cotton crop** in recent...
-
The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services
Soil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil...
-
Soil improvement by microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP): a review about mineralization mechanism, factors, and soil properties
Cement and chemical materials are common methods for soil reinforcement, but they are limited because of environmental pollution. Therefore, it is...
-
A sustainable utilization of waste foundry sand in soil stabilization: a review
Soil stabilization involves various techniques and processes to improve the properties of soil especially expansive soils as it is considered...
-
Effect of Zn2+-Cu2+ combined heavy metal on mechanical properties and microstructure of clayey soil
The strength deterioration mechanism of soil polluted by heavy metals plays a crucial role in the research of mine site pollution. In this study, an...