TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of hydrologic and geochemical pathways using high frequency sampling, REE aqueous sampling and soil characterization at Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory, Crete
AU - Moraetis, Daniel
AU - Stamati, Fotini
AU - Kotronakis, Manolis
AU - Fragia, Tasoula
AU - Paranychnianakis, Nikolaos
AU - Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this work was provided by the EU FP7-ENV-2009 Project SoilTrEC “Soil Transformations in European Catchments” (Grant # 244118 ). Professor Nikolaidis is grateful for the Technical University of Crete financial support of his sabbatical leave at the JRC. The ICP-MS analysis of the samples was conducted by Maria-Liliana Saru at the Technical University of Crete.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Koiliaris River watershed is a Critical Zone Observatory that represents severely degraded soils due to intensive agricultural activities and biophysical factors. It has typical Mediterranean soils under the imminent threat of desertification which is expected to intensify due to projected climate change. High frequency hydro-chemical monitoring with targeted sampling for Rare Earth Elements (REE) analysis of different water bodies and geochemical characterization of soils were used for the identification of hydrologic and geochemical pathways. The high frequency monitoring of water chemical data highlighted the chemical alterations of water in Koiliaris River during flash flood events. Soil physical and chemical characterization surveys were used to identify erodibility patterns within the watershed and the influence of soils on surface and ground water chemistry. The methodology presented can be used to identify the impacts of degraded soils to surface and ground water quality as well as in the design of methods to minimize the impacts of land use practices.
AB - Koiliaris River watershed is a Critical Zone Observatory that represents severely degraded soils due to intensive agricultural activities and biophysical factors. It has typical Mediterranean soils under the imminent threat of desertification which is expected to intensify due to projected climate change. High frequency hydro-chemical monitoring with targeted sampling for Rare Earth Elements (REE) analysis of different water bodies and geochemical characterization of soils were used for the identification of hydrologic and geochemical pathways. The high frequency monitoring of water chemical data highlighted the chemical alterations of water in Koiliaris River during flash flood events. Soil physical and chemical characterization surveys were used to identify erodibility patterns within the watershed and the influence of soils on surface and ground water chemistry. The methodology presented can be used to identify the impacts of degraded soils to surface and ground water quality as well as in the design of methods to minimize the impacts of land use practices.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.055
DO - 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.055
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955964291
SN - 0883-2927
VL - 26
SP - S101-S104
JO - Applied Geochemistry
JF - Applied Geochemistry
IS - SUPPL.
ER -