Monitoring of temporal changes in agricultural soils of Lower Austria
Abstract
This project is aimed at re-sampling topsoils from 300 soil monitoring sites in Lower Austria that had been initially sampled in 1990. Emphasis will be on soils in the Panonian region covered mainly by Chernozems and Phaeozems. The soils will be analysed for organic carbon, nitrogen, carbonate, p and selected metals and metalloids. This will generate fundamental information on temporal changes of relevant soil characteristics in cultivated soils of Lower Austria. The data will be explored for modelling carbon saturation potentials and may be used in supporting communities and farmers in improved soil management and adaptation to climate change.
keywords Soil monitoring Organic carbon Heavy metals
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Project staff
Walter Wenzel
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Walter Wenzel
walter.wenzel@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91143, 91161
Project Leader
22.10.2019 - 30.09.2022