Integrated Approaches to Soil Contamination Monitoring (Editorial)

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dc.contributor.authorSoupios, P.en
dc.contributor.authorKavvadias, V.en
dc.contributor.authorHuddersman, Katherineen
dc.contributor.authorSdao,F.en
dc.contributor.authorNtarlagiannis, D.en
dc.date.acceptance2016-05-09en
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-18T14:38:18Z
dc.date.available2018-04-18T14:38:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThe Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link. Open access.en
dc.description.abstractop soil is a very important environmental compartment for many reasons, like it being the medium where plants grow, carbon accumulates, and so forth. But it also represents the “sink” where a wide range of waste materials, in very heterogeneous chemical forms, are disposed of and accumulate. This fact may allow contaminants to move downward the soil profile and reach subsurface and groundwater reservoirs. Agricultural activities can lead to land contamination due to the improper use of pesticides, agrochemicals, fertilizers, conditioners, and several other materials. The problem of contaminated land is exacerbated by industrial activities, including waste disposal and accidental spills that can also contribute to extensive contamination in the near surface environment. Dangerous contaminants can impact the characteristics and productivity of the surface soil as well as the subsurface and valuable natural resources conditions. Soil pollution threats human health, quality of foods, and groundwater but affects also the quality of the air. Surface and subsurface soil monitoring and characterization can be challenging since chemical analyses at sampling points are local providing an inadequate model of the subsurface. Thus, novel, cost-effective, and multidisciplinary methods are needed to accurately describe surface/subsurface soil contamination whilst monitoring the evolution of the contamination over time producing time-lapse models. Continuous advances on characterization methods (such as automated acquisition systems of subsurface parameters), changes in regulatory standards, and the development of remediation systems further complicate this task. With this special issue, we aim at bringing together scientists from different disciplines, with research focused on surface soil and subsurface contamination. Furthermore, we want to highlight recent research advances on characterization and monitoring methods and identify the pathways for their implementation to industry, agriculture, and society to encourage their adoption.en
dc.funderN/Aen
dc.identifier.citationSoupios, P., Kavvadias, V., Huddersman, K., Sdao, F., Ntarlagiannis, D. (2016) Integrated Approaches to Soil Contamination Monitoring (Editorial). Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2016, 5192691.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2016/5192691
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/16072
dc.language.isoenen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherHindawien
dc.researchinstituteLeicester Institute for Pharmaceutical Innovation - From Molecules to Practice (LIPI)en
dc.titleIntegrated Approaches to Soil Contamination Monitoring (Editorial)en
dc.typeArticleen

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