Nanosized iron, manganese and aluminium oxides are abundant in soils and sediments, but
are also present in water and air, and are even produced within living organisms. These …

Industrial and agricultural activities are developing faster than the public policy on the use of
soil resources. The world needs more information about soil for land use planning and …

Humic acids (HA) have a colloidal character whose size and negative charge are strictly
dependent on surface functional groups. They are able to complex large amount of poorly …

Minerals control many soil functions and play a crucial role in addressing global existential
issues. Measuring the abundance of soil minerals is a laborious, costly, and time-consuming …

Soil science has sought to develop better techniques for the classification of soils, one of
which is the use of remote sensing applications. The use of ground sensors to obtain soil …

This study demonstrated the use of visible-near infrared (vis-NIR) reflectance spectroscopy
and partial least squares regression (PLSR) for the effective analysis of important properties …

Soil spectroscopy can provide low-cost and high-density data for predicting various soil
properties. However, a relatively weak correlation between the spectra and the …

The physical and chemical attributes of soils are strongly influenced by the nature of the
minerals they contain and their concentration. Thus, soil texture is directly dependent on the …

Mid-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (MIR-DRS, 2500 to 25000 nm) can provide
rapid, cheap and relatively accurate predictions for a number of soil properties. This paper …

Mineral dust represents one of the main components of particulate matter (PM) in the
Mediterranean area. The rapid identification of Saharan dust events in PM samples is …