jointly funded by the Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2023NSFSC0378);the Jiuzhaigou Lake Swamp and River Ecological Restoration Research Project(N5132112022000246);the Research base and Support provided by Jiuzhaigou Administration for this study。
Rubble deposits with a high concentration of rock debris were created after the powerful earthquakes in Jiuzhaigou.Because of the restricted soil resources,water leaks,and nutrient deficits,these deposits pose serious...
We are grateful to the Department of Soil Science,Agricultural,Research Institute,Quetta,Pakistan for provision of laboratory facilities for chemical analysis of soil samples.We extend our gratitude to the Department of Zoology,University of Balochistan,Pakistan for the identification of soil fauna。
Barshore is a small village in the Pishin District,Balochistan,Pakistan,with dry summers and cold rainy winters.This is an agrarian region,mostly with orchards of various fruit trees.This study investigated the physic...
Fallout volcanic deposits of SommaVesuvius(Campania,southern Italy),characterized by the presence of layers with contrasting textural and hydraulic properties,are frequently affected by shallow landslides during rainw...
This work is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research,project No.19-05-50107;Saint Petersburg State University grant for research equipment upgrades No.1.40.541.2017.
Climate change and deglaciation are active processes in current changing environments.In the Central Caucasus region rapid degradation of glaciers is caused often by the formation of superficial blackcolored sediments...
funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,grant number“2021JJ30679”;the Hunan Provincial Department of Education General Project,grant number“19C1744”。
Exploring transport patterns of soil contaminants is essential for solving the problem of heavy metal contamination in mine soils.In this study,contamination of Pb,Zn,and Cd in the mountain soils of the lead–zinc ore...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 41888101, 41907377 and 41772383);the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of China University of Geosciences (grant no. 53200859557)。
The marginal areas of the Tibetan Plateau have great vertical altitude gradient and abundant vegetation, they are therefore the ideal places for investigating the relationships among carbon isotope composition(δ^(13)...
the financial support of Iran National Science Foundation(INSF)for project No:98007874。
The soil carbon pool which is the sum of soil organic carbon(SOC)and soil inorganic carbon(SIC)is the second largest active store of carbon after the oceans and it is an important component of the global carbon cycle....
financed by the National Science Centre(Poland)(PRELUDIUM 14 project no.2017/27/N/ST10/00342);the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland,No.BM–4112/17 and BM–2120/18。
Seven soil profiles developed on calcium carbonate–rich slope deposits in the Polish Carpathians were studied in order to:i)determine the micromorphological features of heterogeneous soils formed in a carbonate depos...
funded by the Regione Toscana (Regional Government of Tuscany), on behalf of the Dipartimento di Protezione Civile (National Civil Protection Department);the Unione dei Comuni Amiata Val d’Orcia (Union of the Municipalities of Amiata Val d’Orcia)
A seismic hazard was assessed related to site effects at Abbadia San Salvatore, central Italy, on the Mt. Amiata slopes, an ancient volcanic area characterized by residual soils(thick layers of loose to dense sands or...
funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, No. BM-4175/17 and BM-2111/18
The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between soil biota such as microbial activity,soil fauna(e.g.,earthworms and enchytraeids),and soil physical and chemical properties.The study area was ...