European reference soils as a common basis for the soil testing of environmental chemicals in the EU

authored by: B. Gawlik, N. Sotiriou, G. Kuhnt, W. Karcher, A. Kettrup, H. Muntau
Abstract: Based on a multivariate statistical evaluation of geoscientific maps of the EU-member states five regionally representative soils have been identified, collected, prepared and characterized as reference soils for chemical testing in the EU according to the respective OECD testguidelines and Annex V of EU-Directive 19/831/EEC. A second edition of these so- called EUROSOILS has been prepared and their characteristics have been compared to those of the first version. It could be shown that in this manner a common basis of reference softs for a broad variety of abiotic soft studies can be offered to the interested laboratories engaged in this type of studies. Thus, an improvement in the comparability and quality of environmental data for dangerous chemical substances is obtained. The applicability of the EUROSOILS for the development and validation of screening methods and mathematical models, e.g. QSAR, for the quick but accurate estimation of soil relevant parameters, e.g. K(sc) is discussed.
External Organisation(s): Kiel University
Type: Article
Journal: Fresenius environmental bulletin
Volume: 5
Pages: 610-618
No. of pages: 9
ISSN: 1018-4619
Publication date: 1996
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Environmental Chemistry, Waste Management and Disposal, Pollution
Electronic version(s): https://www.tib.eu/de/suchen/id/BLSE:RN020044020/European-reference-soils-as-a-common-basis-for?cHash=a18a4c9d242e49f2f6d4b4505a2fc99a (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{06554024baf540d4802c7338950d0cc4,
title = "European reference soils as a common basis for the soil testing of environmental chemicals in the EU",
abstract = "Based on a multivariate statistical evaluation of geoscientific maps of the EU-member states five regionally representative soils have been identified, collected, prepared and characterized as reference soils for chemical testing in the EU according to the respective OECD testguidelines and Annex V of EU-Directive 19/831/EEC. A second edition of these so- called EUROSOILS has been prepared and their characteristics have been compared to those of the first version. It could be shown that in this manner a common basis of reference softs for a broad variety of abiotic soft studies can be offered to the interested laboratories engaged in this type of studies. Thus, an improvement in the comparability and quality of environmental data for dangerous chemical substances is obtained. The applicability of the EUROSOILS for the development and validation of screening methods and mathematical models, e.g. QSAR, for the quick but accurate estimation of soil relevant parameters, e.g. K(sc) is discussed.",
author = "B. Gawlik and N. Sotiriou and G. Kuhnt and W. Karcher and A. Kettrup and H. Muntau",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.",
year = "1996",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "610--618",
journal = "Fresenius environmental bulletin",
issn = "1018-4619",
publisher = "Parlar Scientific Publications",
number = "9-10",
}