Biology as an agent of chemical and mineralogical change in soil

Hodson, M., Black, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1396-4821, Brinza, L., Carpenter, D., Lambkin, D., Mosselmans, F., Palumbo-Roe, B., Schofield, P., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 and Versteegh, E. (2014) Biology as an agent of chemical and mineralogical change in soil. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 10. pp. 114-117. ISSN 1878-5220 doi: 10.1016/j.proeps.2014.08.039

Abstract/Summary

Earthworms have a significant impact on the functioning of soils and the processes that occur within them. Here we review our work on the impact of earthworms on soil mineralogy and chemistry, in particular focusing on the contribution of earthworms to mineral weathering and calcium carbonate in soils and the impact that earthworms have on metal mobility at contaminated sites.

Additional Information	Conference Proceedings of the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface meeting, GES-10 18-22 August, 2014 Paris
Item Type	Article
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/37712
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.proeps.2014.08.039
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Earth Systems Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Scientific Archaeology Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Soil Research Centre
Additional Information	Conference Proceedings of the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface meeting, GES-10 18-22 August, 2014 Paris
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Statement	Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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