Publications in year 2016

Vol. 30, Issue 4



Impact of wastewater application on magnetic susceptibility in Terric Histosol soil

International Agrophysics
Year : 2016
DOI : doi: 10.1515/intag-2015-0064
Volumen : 30
Issue : 1
Pages : 89 - 94
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Authors: Z. Sokołowska1, A. Alekseev2, K. Skic1, M. Brzezińska1

1Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland
2Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290 Russia
Abstract :

In this work, we attempted to analyse the changes in magnetic susceptibility in Terric Histosol soil irrigated with municipal wastewater in a period of four years. Effects of different plants (poplar and willow), wastewater doses, depths, as well as the concentration of the elements and the total carbon content were tested. The study showed that systematic wastewater irrigation diminished magnetic susceptibility values in the top layer of soil. However, statistical analysis revealed that both doses of wastewater and growing plants did not have a significant impact on the magnetic susceptibility of obtained results. Magnetic susceptibility decreased significantly with the depth, in accordance with higher total carbon and lower content of magnetic particles. High correlation coefficients were found between magnetic susceptibility and Zn, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MnO content, whereas no correlation was observed for Cr, as well as for Pb.

Keywords : wastewater irrigation, magnetic susceptibility, total carbon, heavy metals
Language : English