...Dean A. Bangsund; F. Larry Leistritz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe key economic and policy‐related issues with regard to terrestrial C sequestration and provide an overview of the economics of C sequestration on agricultural soils in the USA. Design/methodology...

...Adeeba Al‐Hurban Purpose The present study aims to determine the residue levels in the soil and water prior to, and after fertilization, as previous soil investigations in Kuwait indicated that different types of fertilizers are used leaving residues in the soil, in order to assist the prospective...

...Giancarlo Barbiroli; Giovanni Casalicchio; Andrea Raggi Purpose An extensive knowledge of soil characteristics and an awareness of the type and amount of pollutants present are essential to evaluate the utilization potential of soil resources for various land uses. On the other hand...

... surface. In case of coarse soil with a ridged microtopography, full application is only completed on the surfaces facing the hydroseeder. This disadvantage can be overcome by splitting the application into two passes, each pass being applied from a different direction (see Figure 4) (Coppin and Richards...

...Amer Al‐Rawas; Hossam F. Hassan; Ramzi Taha; Abdulwahid Hago; Bader Al‐Shandoudi; Yahia Al‐Suleimani Purpose To investigate the effect of cement and cement by‐pass dust (CBPD) as a stabilizer on the geotechnical properties of oil‐contaminated soils resulting from leaking underground storage tanks...

...John L. Daniels; Raghuram Cherukuri; Helene A. Hilger; James D. Oliver; Shi Bin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence of a mixture of nutrient solution, bacteria and biofilm on the consolidation, unconfined compression and desiccation characteristics of two soils...

... ratio with effective stress and coefficient of permeability with void ratio, and use of these has enabled a realistic prediction of the observed behavior. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Contamination Soils Turkey Storage and reclamation of storage lands for highly...