Trace Elements in Soils and Plants by Alina Kabata-Pendias

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Hint parts in Soils and crops, 3rd variation offers an excellent details base in regards to the biogeochemistry of hint components in soil-plant platforms. the hot variation of this bestselling reference has been revised to incorporate the main updated details and keeps to target the importance of anthropogenic elements in altering the hint point prestige in soils and vegetation. The publication additionally emphasizes chemical equilibria and speciation phenomena regarding the mobility of parts.

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1364 The interpretation of the chemistry of tree rings, however, is complicated by several processes affecting the incorporation of elements into wood tissue. The spatial distribution of water transport, damage to tree roots, and cation binding capacity in the xylem are some factors that govern tree-ring chemistry. Therefore, additional information on the sites and ways of trace metal deposition in woods is needed for a correct dendroanalytical interpretation of element distribution. 1242 observed, radial distribution patterns of Cd and Zn in stems of Scots pine trees did not correspond with the known timing of pollution inputs to respective forest stands.

Soil is a natural body, having both mineral and organic components as well as physical, chemical, and biological properties. Soil properties, therefore, cannot be a simple reflection of the combined properties of all soil components. Any classification of soils suffers from the disadvantage that it is impossible to relate it to the great complexities of soil genesis and properties. The terms used in defining the soils in different systems seldom are exactly equivalent. 226 Short descriptions of the soil units are presented in Table 8.

The names of soils described in this book were taken from the original publications, translated, and the associated soil characteristics were fitted, insofar as possible, into the soil units of the FAO/UNESCO system. The composition of soils is extremely diverse and, although governed by many different factors, climatic conditions and parent material predominate most commonly. An approximation of soil composition is shown in Figures 11 and 12. Soil is composed of three phases—solid (mineral and organic), liquid, and gaseous—and exhibits properties resulting from the physical and chemical equilibriums of these phases.

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