Applications of Soil Magnetism for Soil Quality Evaluation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 290
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil quality; environmental magnetism; soil redistribution processes; soil nutrient dynamics
Interests: soil and water conservation; sediment tracers; soil health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue entitled Applications of Soil Magnetism for Soil Quality Evaluation, which will be dedicated to the soil science field and focused on soil magnetic properties as a proxy of the soil’s capacity to function (e.g., soil restoration, soil development, soil pollution, and soil erosion).
Soil quality surveys play a key role in evaluating the hazards affecting the soil’s ability to function with regard to ecosystem services. Relevant and informative soil attributes for soil quality assessment must be selected for implementing sustainable management strategies of natural and managed ecosystems. In this Special Issue, the linkages between the physical, chemical, mineralogical, and magnetic properties for soil functioning will be elucidated.
The valuable contribution of soil magnetism and related properties must be demonstrated in terms of environmental studies. We intend to make further steps toward the potential use and applications of magnetic parameters and methods in different geological and environmental settings. This research topic can be considered from multidisciplinary approaches on different spatio-temporal scales. The proposed Special Issue aims to publish submissions covering the following topics related to environmental or induced soil magnetism:
- Soil pollution
- Soil erosion and soil degradation
- Degree of weathering and pedogenesis
- Evaluation of soil drainage
- Soil aggregate stability
- Wildfires
- Paleoclimate
Dr. Laura Quijano
Dr. Gema Guzmán
Guest Editors
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