Soil Data Analysis and Presentation

Muhs et al., 2001

Algeo et al. (in submission) Elevated sediment fluxes in the Sverdrup Basin prior to the end-Permian mass extinction: A link to Siberian Traps volcanism?

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The coldest, driest desert on Earth.The Dry Valleys are dry because very little snow falls here, the average water content is less than a centimeter. Yet a fully functioning ecosystem exists here, in the ice-covered lakes and the soils of the valley floor. Even though the ecosystem is all but invisible to the naked eye, it still has a basic food web: primary producers (mats of moss and algae in the lakes, bacteria, yeast, fungi and other microbial life in the soils ), grazers (microscopic invertebrates called rotifers and tardigrades), with the top of the food chain consisting of tiny nematode worms (roundworms ).

polarsoils.blogspot.com/2009/01/dry-valley

Michael A. Poage, John E. Barrett, Ross A. Virginia, Diana H. Wall, 2008, The Influence of Soil Geochemistry on Nematode Distribution, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: 40: 119-128.

This vegetation type can be seen above 1300m in Knuckles Range and can be seen areas such as Thangappuwa, Kalupahana and Gombaniya. During the year heavy mist can be seen in these types of forests. Montane forests are the most important catchments and water shed areas of the Knuckles Range.

It plays a key role in providing a water supply to sustain the ecosystems and livelihoods through the year in the downstream areas. These types of the forests contribute a lot when it comes to the natural beauty in Knuckles Mountain Range.

Sri Lanka

P. N. Ranasinghe, C. B. Dissanayake, D. V. N. Samarasinghe and R. Galappatti, 2007, The relationship between soil geochemistry and die back of montane forests in Sri Lanka: a case study: Environmental Geology ,51: 1077-1088. (Their Figure 4.)

Fe distribution map of Horton Plains.

Pb in the environment

Ritter, D.F. Process Geomorphology: Wm .Brown Co.: Iowa. 1978.

MAZZARIELLO, 2008, EVALUATION OF SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE VINEYARDS OF WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON: 21st Annual Keck Symposium, 78-83.

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Element Concentration

Plant and part Pollution source Country Excessive1 Background Cadmium 45 0.3 Lettuce, leaves Lead smelter Australia

4.2 0.08 Rice, grain Zinc smelter Japan 6.4 0.4 Spinach, leaves Zinc/lead smelter Zambia

Copper 64 8 Lettuce, leaves Copper smelter Australia 14 5 Radish, roots Urban garden United Kingdom 4 2.8 Rice, grain Irrigated farmland Japan

Lead 1000 2 Lettuce, leaves Lead smelter United Kingdom 57 1.8 Carrot, roots Lead smelter Poland 66 3 Spinach, leaves Zinc/lead smelter Zambia

Mercury 0.4 0.008 Lettuce, leaves Chlor-alkali work Switzerland

0.8 0.05 Carrot, roots Mercury mine Yugoslavia 0.6 0.01 Oats, grain Seed treatment Sweden

Zinc 710 25 Onion, bulb Lead smelter United Kingdom 316 40 Lettuce, leaves Zinc smelter Australia 114 35 Soybean, grain Sludged farmland United States

Table 3. Excessive levels of trace metals in food plants grown in contaminated sites (p.p.m. DW)

1Maximum found contents. Source: Kabata-Pendias and Pendias (in press).

Saulius Marcinkonis, Bronislavas Karmaza, Eugenija Bakðienë, Liudmila Tripolskaja, Donatas Konèius, Danutë Oþeraitienë, Regina Repðienë, 2005, Long-term agrogenic impact on agricultural soil geochemistry in East and West Lithuania: GEOLOGIJA, 51: 1–9.

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Pros-Release of nutrients,Removal of invasive species,Propagation adaptations

Cons-500 oC – all soil organic matter is destroyed and all clay minerals collapse120 o C – all soil microbes are killed176-288 o C – water repellent properties created

Thomas H. Biggs and Lisa N. Florkowski, Philip A. Pearthree, Pei-Jen L. Shaner, 2005, The Effects of Fire Events on Soil Geochemistry in Semi-Arid Grasslands: USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-503-507.