Mehmood, Khalid: Environmental behavior of cesium and strontium in agricultural and forest soil. - Bonn, 2018. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/7327,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-49506,
author = {{Khalid Mehmood}},
title = {Environmental behavior of cesium and strontium in agricultural and forest soil},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2018,
month = jan,

note = {Radionuclides are critical soil contaminants, particularly cesium (Cs-137) and strontium (Sr-90) are harmful due to their high radiotoxicity and metabolic similarity to major soil nutrients (e.g. K+, Ca2+) . To study the behavior of these contaminants in soil-plant systems is essential to reduce their migration into food chain. Important factors that influence the mobility and plant uptake of radionuclides include soil properties (texture, pH and organic matter), soil management practices (ploughing, disking) and the use of mineral and organic fertilizers. Biochar and digestate are the bioenergy residues that are increasing applied to improve soil properties; however their effect on critical soil contaminants (e.g. radionuclides) is scarcely investigated.
Sorption-desorption behavior of Cs+ and Sr2+ in three different soils was investigated, two soils were of agricultural origin and third one from a forest site. The two organic amendments (biochar and digestate) were applied with typical field application rates (Biochar: 25 t ha-1, digestate: 34 t ha-1). Moreover, the sorption-desorption experiments were carried out at three temperatures (5, 20 and 35°C) to realize the effect of temperature variation. Furthermore, in a lysimeter experiment, we studied the effect of digestate amendment on plant uptake and mobility of Cs-137 and Sr-90 in a silty loam Luvisol.
Sorption experiments showed that amendments with applied rates did not lead to a substantial effect on sorption-desorption of cesium and strontium in opposition to soil texture and land use. The sorption-desorption behavior of the two contaminants was different. Cesium showed highest sorption in arable silty loam soil, followed by forest sandy-clay loam and lowest in arable loamy sand. Strontium sorption was nearly half compared to cesium in all soils with higher sorption in silty loam and almost similar sorption in loamy sand and forest soils. Despite lower soil pH but most likely due to higher clay content and chemical nature of organic matter, Sr retention in forest soil was larger than in amended arable soils. Temperature variation in the range (5-35°C) did not cause a substantial effect on sorption-desorption of the two radionuclides in opposition to the soil type.
Lysimeter results showed that plant uptake of Cs-137 and Sr-90 remained unaffected after digestate amendment with above mentioned applied rate. Furthermore, digestate application failed to induce any effect on vertical mobility of both radionuclides. However, dicotyledonous plant species exhibited higher uptake compared to monocotyledonous plants most likely due to difference in root structure. Hence, the choice of cultivating different plants species on contaminated soils could be helpful to reduce the risk of radionuclides mobility into the food chain.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/7327}
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