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Cadmium in Soils and Plants pp 97–123Cite as

Anthropogenic Additions of Cadmium to Soils

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 85))

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The total concentration of Cd in a soil comprises the contribution from the geological parent material together with inputs from extraneous sources, which for the most part are anthropogenic in origin. The amounts of Cd accumulating in a soil from environmental pollution will depend on the scale of emissions from the respective sources, the transport of the metal from the source to the site and the retention of the metal once it has reached the soil. The fate of Cd and all other heavy metal pollutants in the soil depends mainly on the relative balance between sorption, leaching, and plant uptake. These processes are strongly affected by soil properties such as pH, redox status and the contents of organic matter, clay, hydrous oxides, and free carbonates. Hence, there will be marked variations in the fate of the metal between distinctly different types of soils, such as those under forest and intensively cultivated arable land.

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Alloway, B.J., Steinnes, E. (1999). Anthropogenic Additions of Cadmium to Soils. In: McLaughlin, M.J., Singh, B.R. (eds) Cadmium in Soils and Plants. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 85. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4473-5_5

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