Remarks to the debate on mapping heavy metals in soil and soil monitoring in the European Union

Gergely Tóth; Tamás Hermann; Gábor Szatmári; László Pásztor

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.129

Remarks to the debate on mapping heavy metals in soil and soil monitoring in the European Union

Sci Total Environ. 2017 Dec 15:603-604:827-831. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.129. Epub 2017 May 11.

Authors

Gergely Tóth¹, Tamás Hermann², Gábor Szatmári³, László Pásztor³

Affiliations

¹ University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Keszthely, and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: toth.gergely@georgikon.hu.
² University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Keszthely, Hungary.
³ Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Agricultural Research, Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

PMID: 28502467
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.129

Abstract

We provide an overview of the main features of the LUCAS topsoil survey of the EU in comparison to the GEMAS survey. In addition we describe the policy requirements and scientific principles of soil monitoring programs.

Keywords: Heavy metal; Scale dependency; Soil monitoring; Soil survey.

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Environmental Monitoring*
European Union
Metals, Heavy / analysis*
Soil
Soil Pollutants / analysis*

Substances

Metals, Heavy
Soil
Soil Pollutants