Soil Science Working for a Living : Applications of soil science to present-day problems

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Factors and Conditions of Soil Formation: A Critical Analysis of Equivalence....Pages 3-8
Redoximorphic Features in Albeluvisols from South-Western Ukraine....Pages 9-28
Fractal Properties of Coarse/Fine-Related Distribution in Forest Soils on Colluvium....Pages 29-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
The Last Steppes: New Perspectives on an Old Challenge....Pages 45-55
Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery for Parameterisation of Eroded Chernozem....Pages 57-65
Pedo-geochemical Assessment of a Holsteinian Occupation Site....Pages 67-87
Using Geostatistics, DEM and Remote Sensing to Clarify Soil Cover Maps of Ukraine....Pages 89-100
Making Better Soil Maps Using Models of Tangential Curvature....Pages 101-107
Determination of Soil Loss Tolerance for Chernozem of Right-Bank Ukraine....Pages 109-119
Assessment of Problems of Soil Contamination Using Environmental Indicators....Pages 121-126
Mathematical Tools to Assess Soil Contamination by Deposition of Technogenic Emissions....Pages 127-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Theoretical Problems of Improving Agrochemical Terminology....Pages 141-147
Criteria and Parameters for Forecasting the Direction of Irrigated Soil Evolution....Pages 149-158
Sustainability of Soil Fertility in the Southern Steppe of Ukraine, Depending on Fertilizers and Irrigation....Pages 159-166
Evolution of Potassium Reserves in Chernozem Under Different Fertilizer Strategies, and Indicators of Potency....Pages 167-174
Ecological Reclamation of Acid Soils....Pages 175-180
Composition of Mobile Phosphate Fractions in Soils of the Pre-Carpathians Influenced by Drainage, Lime, and Phosphate Fertilizer....Pages 181-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Toxic Soil Contamination and Its Mitigation in Ukraine....Pages 191-201
Heavy Metals in Soils Under the Heel of Heavy Industry....Pages 203-211
Dangerous Mercury Contamination Around the Former Radikal Chemicals Factory in Kyiv and Possible Ways of Rehabilitating this Area....Pages 213-218
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Comparison of Groundwater and Surface Water Quality in the Area of the Bilanovo Iron Deposit....Pages 219-225
Estimation of Soil Radiation in the Country Around the Bilanovo Iron and Kremenchug Uranium Deposits....Pages 227-241
Estimation of Soil Radiation in the Country Around the Dibrova Uranium–Thorium–Rare Earth Deposit....Pages 243-250
Lead and Zinc Speciation in Soils and Their Transfer in Vegetation....Pages 251-258
Copper and Zinc in the Soils of the Olviya Archaeological Site....Pages 259-265
Environmental Assessment of Soil Based on Fractional–Group Composition of Heavy Metals....Pages 267-274
Regularity of Transformations of Oil-Contaminated Microbial Ecosystems by Super-Oxidation Technology and Subsequent Bio-remediation....Pages 275-280
Transformation of Non-polar Hydrocarbons in Soils....Pages 281-290