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Author Schwiede, M.; Duijnisveld, W.H.M.; Böttcher, J.
Title Investigation of processes leading to nitrate enrichment in soils in the Kalahari Region, Botswana Type Journal Article
Year 2005 Publication Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C Abbreviated Journal
Volume 30 Issue 11 Pages 712-716
Keywords Nitrate, Arenosol soils, Semi-arid, Kalahari, Cattle, Chloride, Travel time
Abstract In Southern Africa elevated nitrate concentrations are observed in mostly uninhabited semi-arid areas. In the Kalahari of Botswana groundwater locally exhibits concentrations up to 600mg/l. It is assumed, that nitrate found in the groundwater originates mainly from nitrogen input and transformations in the soils. Our investigations in the Kalahari between Serowe and Orapa show that cattle raising is an important source for enhanced nitrate concentrations in the soils (Arenosols). But also in termite mounds very high nitrate stocks were found, and under natural vegetation (acacia trees and shrubs) nitrate concentrations were mostly unexpectedly high. This nitrate enrichment in the soils poses a serious threat to the groundwater quality. However, calculated soil water age distributions in the unsaturated zone clearly show that today’s nitrate pollution of the groundwater below the investigation area could originate from natural sources, but cannot be caused by the current land use for cattle raising.
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Notes (down) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the Millennium Development Goals: Managing Water for Peace and Prosperity Approved no
Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Schwiede2005712 Serial 276
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Author Hamidian, A.; Ghorbani, M.; Abdolshahnejad, M.; Abdolshahnejad, A.
Title RETRACTED: Qanat, Traditional Eco-technology for Irrigation and Water Management Type Journal Article
Year 2015 Publication Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia Abbreviated Journal
Volume 4 Issue Pages 119-125
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Abstract This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of Editor. The authors have plagiarized part of a book Veins of Desert, by Semsar Yazdi, Ali Asghar; Labbaf Khaneiki, Majid published by UNESCO-ICQHS, 2010 pages 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 44, 156, 157 and 158. One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that their work is original and has not appeared in a publication elsewhere. Re-use of any data should be appropriately cited.
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Notes (down) Efficient irrigation management and its effects in urban and rural landscapes Approved no
Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Hamidian2015119 Serial 252
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Author Kamash, Z.
Title Irrigation technology, society and environment in the Roman Near East Type Journal Article
Year 2012 Publication Journal of Arid Environments Abbreviated Journal
Volume 86 Issue Pages 65-74
Keywords Army, Urbanism, Qanats, Dams, Field systems, Irrigation channels
Abstract This paper uses a multi-faceted approach to understand the use and distribution of different irrigation technologies in the Roman Near East (63 BC – AD 636), looking at the ways in which social and environmental factors affected the implementation of those irrigation technologies. It is argued that no single factor can fully explain how irrigation technologies were used across time and space in this region. Instead, choices in irrigation technology seem to have been governed by a complex nexus of both social and environmental factors.
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Notes (down) Ancient Agriculture in the Middle East Approved no
Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Kamash201265 Serial 259
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Author Rajfur, M.; Kłos, A.; Wacławek, M.
Title Sorption properties of algae Spirogyra sp. and their use for determination of heavy metal ions concentrations in surface water Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Bioelectrochemistry Abbreviated Journal
Volume 80 Issue 1 Pages 81-86
Keywords Biomonitoring, Heavy metal ions, Algae sp., Sorption kinetics, Langmuir isotherm
Abstract Kinetics of heavy-metal ions sorption by alga Spirogyra sp. was evaluated experimentally in the laboratory, using both the static and the dynamic approach. The metal ions – Mn2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ – were sorbed from aqueous solutions of their salts. The static experiments showed that the sorption equilibria were attained in 30min, with 90-95% of metal ions sorbed in first 10min of each process. The sorption equilibria were approximated with the Langmuir isotherm model. The algae sorbed each heavy metal ions proportionally to the amount of this metal ions in solution. The experiments confirmed that after 30min of exposition to contaminated water, the concentration of heavy metal ions in the algae, which initially contained small amounts of these metal ions, increased proportionally to the concentration of metal ions in solution. The presented results can be used for elaboration of a method for classification of surface waters that complies with the legal regulations.
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Notes (down) A Selection of Papers presented at the 4th International Workshop on Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing (SMCBS 2009) Approved no
Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Rajfur201081 Serial 283
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Author Doulgeris, C.; Tziritis, E.; Pisinaras, V.; Panagopoulos, A.; Külls, C.
Title Prediction of seawater intrusion to coastal aquifers based on non-dimensional diagrams Type Conference Article
Year 2020 Publication EGU Geophysical Abstracts Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 4073
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Doulgeris2020prediction Serial 41
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