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Selected References on Soil Geochemistry

References below are not intended to be comprehensive, but were chosen to provide persons interested in geochemistry a starting point in a literature review.

Application Studies

Abaye, D.A., K. Lawlor, P.R. Hirsch, and P.C. Brookes. 2005. Changes in the microbial community of an arable soil caused by long-term metal contamination. Europ. J. Soil Sci. 2005:93-102.

Berti, W.R., and L.W. Jacobs. 1996. Heavy metals in the environment. Chemistry and phytotoxicity of soil trace elements from repeated sewage sludge application. J. Environ. Qual. 25:1025-1032.

Brimhall, G.H., C.J. Lewis, C. Ford, J. Bratt, G. Taylor, and O. Warin. 1991. Quantitative geochemical approach to pedogenesis: importance of parent material reduction, volumetric expansion, and eolian influx in laterization. Geoderma 51:51-91.

Burt, R., M.A. Wilson, M.D. Mays, T.J. Keck, M. Fillmore, A.W. Rodman, E.B. Alexander, and L. Hernandez. 2000. Trace and Major Elemental Analysis Applications in the U.S. Cooperative Soil Survey Program. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 31(11-14), 1757-1771.

Burt, R., M. Filmore, M.A. Wilson, E.R. Gross, R.W. Langridge, and D.A. Lammers. 2001. Soil Properties of selected pedons on ultramafic rocks in Kalmath Mountains, Oregon. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32(13&14):2145-2175.

Chapman, S.L., and M.E. Horn. 1968. Parent material uniformity and origin of silty soils in Northwest Arkansas based on zirconium-titanium contents. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Proc. 32:265-271.

Cao, R.X., L.Q. Ma, M. Chen, S.P. Singh, and W.G. Harris. 2003. Phosphate-induced metal immobilization in a contaminated site. Environ. Pollu. 122:19-28.

Dubbin, W.E., A.R. Mermut, and H.P.W. Rostad. 1993. Clay mineralogy of parent material derived from uppermost Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary rocks in southern Saskatchewan. Can. J. Soil Sci. 73:447-457.

Gambrell, R.P. 1994. Trace and toxic metals in wetlands - a review. J. Environ. Qual. 23:883-891.

Garrett, R.G., G.C. Lalor, and M. Vutchkov. 2004. Geochemical exploration for gold in Jamaica: a comparison of stream sediment and soil surveys. Geochemistry, Exploration, Environ. Anal. 4:161-170.

Huang, B., and Z. Gong. 2005. Geochemical barriers and elemental retention in soils in different landscapes of the Tianshan Mountain area, Xinjiang, China. Geoderma. 126: 337-351.

Jersak, J., R. Amundson, and G. Brimhall, Jr. 1997. Trace Metal Geochemistry in Spodosols of the Northeastern United States. J. Environ. Qual. 26:511-521.

Johnson-Maynard, J.L., R.C. Graham, P.J. Shouse, and S.A. Quideau. 2005. Base cation and silicon biogeochemistry under pine and scrub oak monocultures: implications for weathering rates. Geoderma. 126:353-365.

Jones, C.A., W.P. Inskeep, and D.R. Neuman. 1997. Arsenic transport in contaminated mine tailings following liming. J. Environ. Qual. 26:433-439.

Kaup, B.S., and B.J. Carter. 1987. Determining Ti source and distribution within a Paleustalf by micromorphology, submicroscopy, and elemental analysis. Geoderma 40:141-156.

Lee, S.Y., and R.J. Gilkes. 2005. Groundwater geochemistry and composition of hardpans in southwestern Australian regolith. Geoderma. 126:59-84.

Martens, D.A., and D.L. Suarez. 1997. Selenium speciation of marine shales, alluvial soils, and evaporation basin soils of California. J. Environ. Qual. 26:424-432.

Masscheleyn, P.H., R.D. Delaune, and W.H. Patrick, Jr. 1991. Arsenic and selenium chemistry as affected by sediment redox potential and pH. J. Environ. Qual. 20:522-527.

Moller, A., H.W. Muller, A. Abdullah, G. Abdelgawad, and J. Utermann. 2005. Urban soil pollution in Damascas, Syria: concentrations and patterns of heavy metals in soils of the Damascus Ghouta. Geoderma. 124:63-71.

Muhs, D.R., E.A. Bettis, III, J. Been, and J.P. McGeehin. 2001. Impact of climate and parent material on chemical weathering in loess-derived soils of the Mississippi River Valley. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:1761-1777.

Oh, N., and D.D. Richter. 2005. Elemental translocation and loss from three highly weathered soil-bedrock profiles in the southeastern United States. Geoderma. 126:5-25.

Onken, B.M., and L.R. Hossner. 1995. Plant uptake and determination of arsenic species in soil solution under flooded conditions. J. Environ. Qual. 24:373-381.

Tiller, K.G. 1989. Heavy metals in soils and their environmental significance. In B.A. Stewart (ed.). Advances in Soil Sci. Vol. 9. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. p. 113-142.

Wilcke, W., S. Kretzschmar, M. Bundt, and W. Zech. 1999. Metal concentrations in aggregate interiors, exteriors, whole aggregates, and bulk of Costa Rican soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:1244-1249.

Wilson, M.A., R. Burt, T.M. Sobecki, R.J. Engel, and K. Hipple. 1996. Soil Properties and Genesis of Pans in Till-derived Andisols, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60:206-218.

Yin, J., H.E. Allen, Y. Li, C.P. Huang, and P.F. Sanders. 1996. Adsorption of mercury(II) by soil: Effects of pH, chloride, and organic matter.

Zereini, F., F. Alt, J. Messerschmidt, C. Wiseman, I. Feldmann, A. von Bohlen, J. Muller, K. Liebl, and W. Puttmann. 2005. Concentration and distribution of heavy metals in urban airborne particulate matter in Frankfort am Main, Germany. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(9):2983-2989.

Bioavailability

Burt, R., M.A. Wilson, T.J. Keck, B.D. Dougherty, D.E. Strom, and J.A. Lindahl. (2003). Trace Element Speciation in Selected Smelter-Contaminated Soils in Anaconda and Deer Lodge Valley, Montana, USA. Advances in Environmental Research. 8/1: 51-67.

Fox, M.R.S. 1988. Nutritional factors that may influence the bioavailability of cadmium. J. Environ. Qual. 17:175-180.

Houba, V.J.G., Th.M. Lexmond, I. Novozamsky, J.J. van der Lee. 1996. State of the art and future developments in soil analysis for bioavailability assessment. The Sci. of Total Environ. 178:21-28.

Kubota, J. 1964. Cobalt content of New England soils in relation to cobalt levels in forages for ruminant animals. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 28:246-251.

McBride, M.B., E.A. Nibarger, B.K. Richards, and T. Steenhuis. 2003. Trace metal accumulation by red clover grown on sewage sludge-amended soils and correlations to Mehlich3 and calcium chloride-extractable metals. Soil Sci. 168, 1: 29-38.

Pierzynski, G.M., and A.P. Schwab. 1993. Bioavailability of zinc, cadmium, and lead in a metal-contaminated alluvial soil. J. Environ. Qual. 22:247-254.

Serrano, S., F. Garrido, C.G. Campbell, and M.T. Garcia-Gonzalez. 2004. Competitive sorption of cadmium and lead in acid soils of Central Spain. Geoderma. 124:91-104.

Storm, G.L., G.J. Fosmire, and E.D. Bellis. 1994. Persistence of metals in soil and selected vertebrates in the vicinity of the Palmerton zinc smelters. J. Environ. Qual. 23:508-514.

Darmondy, R.G., J.C. Marlin, J. Talbott, R.A. Green, E.F. Brewer, and C. Stohr. 2004. Dredged Illinois River Sediments: Plant growth and metal uptake. J. Environ. Qual. 33:458-464.

Brown, S., R. Chaney, J. Hallfrisch, J.A. Ryan, and W.R. Berti. 2004. In situ soil treatments to reduce the phyto- and bioavailability of lead, zinc, and cadmium. J. Environ. Qual. 33:522-531.

Distribution of Trace Elements in Soils

Ammons, J.T., R.J. Lewis, J.L. Branson, M.E. Essington, A.O. Gallagher, and R.L. Livingston. 1997. Total elemental analysis for selected soil profiles in Tennessee. Bulletin 693. The Univ. of Tennessee Agric. Exp. Stn., Knoxville.

Burt, R., M.A. Wilson, M.D. Mays, and C.W. Lee. 2003. Major and Trace Elements of Selected Pedons in the U.S. J. of Environ. Qual. 32:2109-2121.

Chen, Ming, Lena Q. Ma, and Willie G. Harris. 1999. Baseline concentrations of 15 trace elements in Florida surface soils. J. Environ. Qual. 28:1173-1181.

Chen, M., L.Q. Ma, and W. G. Harris, 2002. Arsenic concentrations in Florida surface soils: Influence of soil type and properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66: 632-640.

Chen, M. and L.Q. Ma. 2001. Taxonomic and geographic distribution of total phosphorus in Florida surface soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65: 1539-1547.

Chen, M., L.Q. Ma, and W.G. Harris. 1999. Baseline concentrations of 15 elements in Florida surface soils. J. Environ. Qual. 28:1173-1181.

Chirenje, T., L.Q. Ma, M. Chen, and E.J. Zillioux. 2003. Comparison between background concentrations of arsenic in urban and non-urban areas of Florida. Adv. Environ Res. In Press. Corrected Proof, Available online 29 March 2003.

Chirenje, T., L.Q. Ma, M. Reeves, and M. Szulczewski. 2004. Lead distribution in near-surface soils of two Florida cities : Gainesville and Miami. Geoderma. 119 :113-120.

Ciolkosz, E.J., A.W. Rose, W.J. Waltman, and N.C. Thurman. 1993a. Total elemental analysis of Pennsylvania soils. Agronomy Series No. 126. Dep. of Agronomy, Penn. State Univ., University Park.

Ciolkosz, E.J., M.K. Amistadi, and N.C. Thurman. 1993b. Metals in Pennsylvania soils. Agronomy Series No. 128. Dep. of Agronomy, Penn. State Univ., University Park.

Ciolkosz, E.J., R.C. Stehouwer, and M.K. Amistadi. 1998. Metal data for Pennsylvania soils. Agronomy Series No. 140. Dep. of Agronomy, Penn. State Univ., University Park.

Haluschak, P.W., G.F. Mills, R.G. Eilers, and S. Grift. 1998. Status of selected trace elements in agricultural soils of southern Manitoba. Tech. Bull. 1998-6E. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 71pp.

Hansford, T. S., and J.G. Boerngen. 1984. Element concentrations in soils and other surficial materials of the coterminous United States. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1270. U.S. Govt. Print. Office, Washington, DC.

Holmgren, G.G.S., M.W. Meyer, R.L. Chaney, and R.B. Daniels. 1993. Cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, and nickel in agricultural soils in the United States of America. J. Environ. Qual. 22:335-348.

Lee, B.D., B.J. Carter, N.T. Basta, and B.Weaver. 1997. Factors influencing heavy metal distribution in six Oklahoma benchmark soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:218-223.

Ma, L.Q., F. Tan, and W.G. Harris. 1997. Concentrations and distributions of eleven metals in Florida soils. J. Environ. Qual. 26:769-775.

Mermut, A.R., J.C. Jain, Li Song, R. Kerrich, L. Kozak, and S. Jana. 1996. Trace element concentrations of selected soils and fertilizers in Saskatchewan, Canada. J. Environ. Qual. 25:845-853.

Madrid, L., E. Diaz-Barrientos, R. Reinoso, and F. Madrid. 2004. Metals in urban soils of sevilla: seasonal changes and relations with other soil components and plant contents. European J. Soil Sci. 55:209-217.

Marques, J.J., D.G. Schulze, N. Curi, and S.A. Mertzman. 2004. Major element geochemistry and geomorphic relationships in Brazilian Cerrado soils. Geoderma. 119:179-195.

Nriagu, J.O. 1979. Global inventory of natural and anthropogenic emissions of trace elements to the atmosphere. Nature (London) 279:409-411.

Pettry, D.E. and R.E. Switzer. 1993. Heavy metal concentration in selected soils and parent materials in Mississippi. Bulletin 998. Office of Agricultural Communications, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville.

Pierce, F.J., R.H. Dowdy, and D.F. Grigal. 1982. Concentrations of six trace elements in some major Minnesota soil series. J. Environ. Qual. 11:416-422.

Slagle, A. 2001. Background concentrations of trace elements in three West Virginia soils -- MLRA-126.M.S. Thesis, West Virginia Univ. Morgantown. (Available on line at https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp_etdId=1380).

Wilcke, W., and W. Amelung. 1996. Small-scale heterogeneity of aluminum and heavy metals in aggregates along a climatic transt. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60:1490-1495.

White, J.G., R.M. Welch, and W.A. Norvell. 1997. Soil zinc map of the USA using geostatistics and geographic information systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:185-194.

Method of Digestion/Analysis

Amonette, J.E., and R.W. Sanders. 1994. Nondestructive techniques for bulk elemental analysis. In J.E. Amonette and L.W. Zelazny (eds.) Quantitative Methods in Soil Mineralogy. Soil Sci. Soc. Misc. Publ. Madison, WI. pp. 1-48.

Basta, N.T., and M.A. Tabatabai. 1991. Determination of total metals in sewage sludges by ion chromatography. J. Eviron. Qual. 20:79-88.

Birkefled, A. R. Schulin, and B. Nowack. 2005. A new in situ method to analyze mineral particle reactions in soils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:3302-3307.

Chen, Ming, and Lena Q. Ma. 1998. Comparison of four USEPA digestion methods for trace metal analysis using certified and Florida soils. J. Environ. Qual. 27:1294-1300.

Chen, M. and L.Q. Ma. 2001. Comparison of three aqua regia digestion methods for twenty Florida sandy soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:491-499.

Crock, J.G. 1996. Mercury. In D.L. Sparks (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3. Chemical methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Book Series: 5:769-791.

Fendorf, S., and D.L. Sparks. 1996. X-ray absorption fine structure spectrocopy. In D.L. Sparks (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3. Chemical methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Book Series: 5:377-416.

Huang, P.M., and R. Fujii. 1996. Selenium and arsenic. In D.L. Sparks (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3. Chemical methods. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Book Series: 5:793-831.

James, B.R. 1994. Hexavalent chromium solubility and reduction in alkaline soils enriched with chromite ore processing residue. J. Environ. Qual. 23:227-233.

Laird, D.A., R.H. Dowdy, and R.C. Munter. 1991. Suspension nebulization analysis of clays by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:274-278.

Mesuere, K., R.E. Martin, and W. Fish. 1991. Identification of Copper Contamination in Sediments by a Microscale Partial Extraction Technique. J. Environ. Qual. 20:114-118.

Raven, K.P., and R.H. Loeppert. 1996. Microwave digestion of fertilizers and soil amendments. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 27(18-20):2947-2971.

Risser, J.A., and D.E. Baker. 1990. Testing soils for toxic metals. In R.L. Westerman (ed.) Soil Testing and plant analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Spec. Publ. 3. 3rd ed., Madison, WI. p. 275-298.

Soil Survey Staff. 1996. Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 42. Ver. 3.0 USDA-NRCS, U.S. Govt. Print. Office, Washington, DC.

U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1986b. Field Manual: Physical/Chemical Methods. SW-846 3rd Ed. Vol. 2. U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington DC.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1986a. Lab manual. Physical/chemical methods. SW-846 3rd Ed. Vol. 1. Stion A. U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington DC.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 1992. Methods for the determination of metals in environmental samples. Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Wei, Yu-Ling, Huey_Meei Shyu, and Kun-Long Joehuang. 1997. Comparison of microwave vs. hot-plate digestion for nine real-world river sediments. J. Environ. Qual. 26:764-768.

Wilson, M.A., R. Burt, W.C. Lynn, and L.C. Klameth. 1997. Total Elemental Analysis Digestion Method Evaluation on Soils and Clays. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 28(6-8), 407-426.

Zhu, B., and M.A. Tabatabai. 1995. An alkaline oxidation method for determination of total arsenic and selenium in sewage sludges. J. Environ. Qual. 24:622-626.

Fractionation of Trace Elements in Soils

Andersen, M.K., K. Raulund-Rasmussen, H.C.B. Hansen, and B.W. Strobel. 2002. Distribution and fractionation of heavy metals in pairs of arable and afforested soils in Denmark. European J. Soil Sci. 53:491-502.

Gruebel, K.A., J.A. Davis, and J.O. Leckie. 1988. The feasibility of using sequential extraction techniques for arsenic and selenium in soil sediments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52:390-397.

Ilg, K., W. Wilcke, G. Safronov, F. Lang, A. Fokin, and M. Kaupenjohann. 2004. Heavy metal distribution in soil aggregates: a comparison of recent and archived aggregates from Russia. Geoderma. 123:153-162.

Kabala, C., and B.R. Singh. 2001. Fractionation and mobility of copper, lead, and zinc in soil profiles in the vicinity of a copper smelter. J. Environ. Qual. 30:485-492.

Keller, C., and J.C. Vedy. 1994. Distribution of copper and cadmium fractions in two forest soils. J. Environ. Qual. 23:987-999.

Krishnamurti, G.S.R., and R. Naidu. 2000. Speciation and phytoavailability of cadmium in selected surface soils of South America. Aust. J. Soil Res. 38:991-1004.

Lilienfein, J., W. Wilcke, M.A. Ayarza, L. Vilela, S. Lima, and W. Zech. 2000. Chemical fractionation of phosphorus, sulphur, and molybdenum in Brazilian savannah Oxisols under different land use. Geoderma. 96:31-46.

Ma, Y.B. and N.C. Uren. 1998. Transformations of heavy metals added to soil—application of a new sequential extraction procedure. Geoderma. 84: 157-168.

Martley, E., B. Gulson, H. Louie, M. Wu, and P. Di. 2004. Metal partitioning in soil profiles in the vicinity of an industrial complex, New South Wales, Australia. Geochemistry, Exploration, and Environ. Anal. 4:171-179.

Miller, W.P., D.C. Martin, and L.W. Zelazny. 1986. Effect of sequence in extraction of trace metals from soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50:598-601.

Ramos, L., L.M. Hernandez, and M.J. Gonzalez. 1994. Sequential fractionation of copper, lead, cadmium, and zinc in soils from or near Donana National Park. J. Environ. Qual. 23:50-57.

Tessier, A., P.G.C. Campbell, and M. Bisson. 1979. Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Anal. Chem. 51:844-851.



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