Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites: The Role of Soil Science

2015 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Hans F. Stroo
Keyword(s):  
Soil Science ◽  
Contaminated Sites

The role of soil science in agricultural development in East Africa

Geoderma ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.N. Muchena ◽  
R.M. Kiome
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Soil Science

scholarly journals The role of V.V. Dokuchaev in establishing soil ecology as a science of the biosphere class

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria I. Dergacheva
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Soil Ecology ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Outstanding Scientist

The article examines the role of the outstanding scientist Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev, whose 175th anniversary was March 1, 2021, in the development of soil ecology as a science of the biosphere class. The natural history methodology, which he introduced into scientific use, is discussed; the methodology was a milestone in the development of not only genetic soil science, but also all natural sciences.

scholarly journals GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCHES OF ACADEMICIAN I. P. GERASIMOV IN THE CAUCASUS

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
И.А. Керимов ◽  
Т. Щипек ◽  
А.В. Собисевич ◽  
В.А. Снытко
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Balkan Mountains

Статья посвящена научному наследию академика Иннокентия Петровича Герасимова (1905–1985), внесшего большой вклад в геоморфологию, четвертичную геологию, литологию, геохимию, тектонику и почвоведение. Значительные исследовательские работы были проведены им на Кавказе, где он выработал новые методологические подходы к роли геоморфологи и в развитии Земли. Особо рассмотрены результаты организованных им международных проектов «Альпы – Кавказ» и «Кавказ – Стара-Планина». Показано значение его исследований почв Кавказа и предложенной теории происхождения Пятигорских лакколитов This article devoted the scientific heritage of academian Inokentiy P. Gerasimov (1905–1985), who made the great impact in geomorphology, Quaternary geology, lithology, geochemistry, tectonics and soil science. I. P. Gerasimov is famous by the huge amount of scientific work in Caucasus region, where he created the new methodological approaches to the role of geomorphology in the development of the Earth. The results of organized by I. P. Gerasimov international projects «Alps – Caucasus» and «Caucasus − Balkan Mountains» were considered. Particular attention was paid to his important research of Caucasian soils and theory of creation laccoliths in Piatigorsk region.

Microaggregate in soil: Current concepts, topics, and challenges in a nutshell

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Uwe Totsche ◽  
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Field ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Chemical Heterogeneity ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Spatial Allocation ◽  
Joint Reconstruction ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Submicron Scale ◽  
Analytical Tools

<p>Microaggregate development and turnover and its linkage to the function of soils is a major research field in soil science. Microaggregates are deemed the most stable and persistent compound structures in soils and are conceptually considered as the fundamental structural building units of a – frequently even hierarchically structured – soil (Totsche et al. 2018). Most of the research on microaggregates has been motivated by the search for a better understanding of the storage and dynamics of soil organic matter. Fueled by the advent of instrumental analytical tools that allow to study soil structural and chemical heterogeneity, biodiversity and biogeography on the submicron scale, and expedited by the advancement of theoretical approaches for joint reconstruction and interpretation in-silico  recent direction changed: New foci are the formation, stability and turnover of microaggregates, their composite building units, the patterns of spatial allocation of the various inorganic, organic and biotic materials involved, and the role microaggregates might have in and for the functioning of soil. This presentation will give a compact overview on the current topics, challenges and concepts in microaggregate research and the role of microaggregates for the architecture, properties and functions of soils.</p>

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