An essential component of soil mapping is classification, a process of assigning spatial soil entities to predefined categories (classes). However, by their nature soils exist as a continuum both in the spatial and attribute domains and often cannot be fitted into discrete categories without introducing errors or at least over-simplification. One approach to mitigate this problem in digital soi...

In order to identify radon-prone areas and evaluate radon risk level, a soil gas radon survey combined with gamma-ray spectrometry measurements was carried out in Shenzhen City, south China. Meanwhile, the statistical analysis was applied to evaluate the distribution of measured results. This paper presents the methodology of the radon risk assessment. A radon risk map was accomplished based on...

A culture-independent survey was performed to search for 16S rRNA gene sequences representing dominant and metabolically active bacteria in rhizosphere soil. PCR- and reverse transcription-PCR-derived clone libraries were constructed from DNA and RNA directly extracted from the soil sample. Acidobacteria-related sequences occupied an unusually large proportion (>50%) of both rDNA- and rRNA-deri...

Abstract: One experimental area in the city of DaQing in Heilongjiang province is took as an example to perform the quantitative inversion of soil salinity using Hyperion data in this paper. The inversion method of soil salinity using Hyperion data is discussed by the image preprocessing, the feature extraction and the establishment of BP neural network model. It gives a lot of help in soil sur...

A survey for the prevalence if Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil in Taiwan found that its incidence is comparable to that in other regions of the world where melioidosis is endemic. The presence of identical genetic patterns among the clinical and environmental isolates evaluated suggested a link between the pathogens present in contaminated soil and the emergence of indigenous melioidosis.

BACKGROUND In the context of contaminated land, assessing risk involves identifying a source, a pathway and a receptor. We describe how this approach worked in practice following the discovery of high lead levels in the soil of an allotment site in a London borough. METHODS Soil and produce analyses were undertaken. A worst-case scenario was constructed to estimate the maximum potential lead ...

A systematic radiological survey has been carried out in the region of high-background radiation area in Kollam district of Kerala to define the natural gamma-radiation levels. One hundred and forty seven soil samples from high-background radiation areas and five samples from normal background region were collected as per standard sampling procedures and were analysed for (238)U, (232)Th and (4...

A prototype map of radon potentials in Alachua County, Florida is being developed to demonstrate the feasibility of defining geographic criteria for implementing radon-protective building construction standards. Because of regulatory needs and sensitivities, the map is being developed independent of institutional boundaries or of particular present radon limits. I t defines the radon source pot...

The results of field survey, germination and correspondence analysis showed that the soil seed banks density ranged from 900 to 6,467 seeds m at 0-5 cm depth and 117 to 2,467 seeds m at 5-10 cm depth, with species richness of 7-14. Early successional species dominated the soil seed bank, while later successional species occurred only at low density. The similarity between soil seed bank and sta...