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. Programma(i) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore Natural Environment Research Council Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Windermere Road LA11 6JU Grange-Over-Sands - Cumbria Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato