Conference paper

Publication year: 2004

URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228743809

Conference: EUROSOIL 2004

Abstract: 

The amount of heavy metals in top soils depends on site characteristic parameters as geology and sorption determining factors of soil as well as on land use and management. In the latter context input by fertilisers and atmospheric deposition and the output by leaching and plant uptake are the main factors which influence the content of heavy metals in soils. Pedotransfer functions describing the sorption behaviour of heavy metals in soils prove to be appropriate to assess the heavy metal status of soils and enable heavy metal balancing on a regional scale. Based on these transfer functions the Assessment Tool of Metals in Soils (ATOMIS) is in development to provide heavy metal balances for Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb on a regional scale for studying different land use and management options in rural areas. The heavy metal balance model is integrated in the model network of the Collaborative Research Centre “Land Use Options for Peripheral Regions”(SFB 299) and provides one criterion to assess sustainability of land use. In the following article model concept, state of development and first results will be presented.

Harvard Citation style: Reiher, W., Düring, R. and Gäth, S. (2004) Development of Heavy Metal Contents in Soils According to Land Use and Management Systems-A Heavy Metal Balance Approach, EUROSOIL 2004, Freiburg, Germany, September 04 - 12, 2004. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228743809

APA Citation style: Reiher, W., Düring, R., & Gäth, S. (2004, September 04 - 12, 2004). Development of Heavy Metal Contents in Soils According to Land Use and Management Systems-A Heavy Metal Balance Approach. EUROSOIL 2004, Freiburg, Germany. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228743809