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EFFECTS OF LAND MANAGEMENT ON GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING IN UPLAND SOILS.

Obiettivo

TO UNDERSTAND SOIL PROCESSES IN RESPONSE TO LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

THE WORK IS CARRIED OUT AT THREE LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION I.E. WHOLE CATCHMENTS; INDIVIDUAL SOIL PROFILES AND INDIVIDUAL SOIL FRACTIONS.

THE EMPHASIS IS ON EXISTING GRASSLAND SUBJECTED TO NIL TREATMENT, FERTILIZATION AND AFFORESTATION. OVERALL RATES OF WEATHERING, ELEMENT TRANSFERS WITHIN IN-SITU SOIL PROFILES, AND ELEMENT RELEASE FROM SOIL MATERIALS, ARE DETERMINED.

LABORATORY WORK INCLUDES RESEARCH ON LEACHING OF SOIL COLUMNS AND BLOCKS, AND VARIOUS MICROMORPHOLOGICAL, PETROGRAPHIC AND MICROPROBE STUDIES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO MORE DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS IDENTIFIED IN THE FIELD.

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Meccanismo di finanziamento

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

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Natural Environment Research Council
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LA11 6JU Grange-Over-Sands - Cumbria
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