Impact of wastewater application on magnetic susceptibility in Terric Histosol soil

Abstract

A b s t r a c t. 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

Impact of soil incorporation of biochar on environmental radioactivity

“…Human activity can cause a significant and rapid increase in the concentration of radionuclides in the environment, as with nuclear failures, or a steadier increase with a long‐term character, as may result from agricultural practice. In the context of the physical and chemical state of the soil, human agricultural activity is important (Simeonova, Stoicheva, Koleva, Sokołowska, & Hajnos, 2017; Sokołowska, Alekseev, Skic, & Brzezińska, 2016). The use of soil for agricultural purposes induces changes in the content of artificial radionuclides in the soil and as well as their migration through soil (Walther & Gupta, 2015).…”

“…The impact of natural radioactive elements on soil quality is limited and strongly depends on location. Depending on the region of the world, agricultural activity is important (Simeonova, Stoicheva, Koleva, Sokołowska, & Hajnos, 2017;Sokołowska, Alekseev, Skic, & Brzezińska, 2016). The use of soil for agricultural purposes induces changes in the content of artificial radionuclides in the soil and as well as their migration through soil (Walther & Gupta, 2015).…”

Sediment origin and pedogenesis in the former mill pond basin of Turznice (north-central Poland) based on magnetic susceptibility measurements

“…There is also investigation into magnetic soil properties at archeological sites (Tite 2007) or studies focusing on human impact, e.g. the application of wastewater in organic soils used for biomass production (Sokołowska et al 2016). However, study of the magnetic susceptibility of soils developed from mill pond sediments has not been conducted yet.…”

Rapid Extraction of High- and Low-Density Microplastics from Soil Using High-Gradient Magnetic Separation

“…This may account for the loss of some MPs in Stage 1, particularly for the loam soil (10.07% clay; Table 1), due to paramagnetic clay particles being attracted to the collector wire. Some types of organic matter may also behave paramagnetically and become attracted to the collector wire, and at stronger magnetic flux densities, organic matter behaving diamagnetically may also be attracted to parts of the collector wire (Sokolowska et al, 2016). MPs have been found to adhere to the surface of vegetation/organic matter (Mateos-Cárdenas et al, 2021), therefore, any MPs adhered to the surface of organic matter in the HGMS system has the potential to be removed through para-or diamagnetic attraction of the organic matter to the collector wire in Stage 1, particularly in soils containing a higher organic matter content 14 such as the high-carbon loamy sand (14.4% carbon; Table 1) used in this study.…”