This two­volume atlas presents the first completeoverview of the chemical inventory of one of ourmost valuable natural resources: the soils we liveon and which nourishs us. For the first timeaccurate maps of trace elements and evenprecious metals like gold and silver can bestudied in a continental spatial context, providingmany unexpected insights and opening newavenues of further research in classical soilsciences, but also in mineral exploration,environmental sciences, forensic applications,and remote sensing. This book should be on theshelf of everyone who has a professional,administrative, or emotional connection toEurope’s soil.

The atlas provides access to the first fullyharmonised and quality controlled database ofmetals in agricultural and grazing land soil at theEuropean scale, and of the parametersinfluencing their availability:

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• Samples were collected within the same short time interval(homogeneity in time).

• Sampling sites are equally distributed over Europe(homogeneity in space).

• Sampling targets (soil use) were uniformly chosen(homogeneity in sample material).

• Identical sampling schemes and equipment were used(homogeneity in sampling).

• Samples were analysed under exactly equal conditions in onelaboratory (homogeneity in measuring).

• Strict external quality control was applied and documented(homogeneity in quality control).

The two volumes are the result of a co­operationbetween more than 60 organisations from around theworld.Project leader and lead editor is Clemens Reimann,who in 2013 was awarded the prestigious gold medalof the Association of Applied Geochemists as aleader in the fields of environmental geochemistry,geostatistics, and geochemical mapping.

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Part A ­ Contents1 The GEMAS Project – Concept and Background 21(Clemens Reimann, Alecos Demetriades, Manfred Birke & Ilse Schoeters)2 REACH and GEMAS 25(Violaine Verougstraete & Ilse Schoeters)3 Sample Material, Site Selection and Sampling 29(Clemens Reimann)4 Preparation of GEMAS Project Samples and Standards 35(Daniela Mackovych & Pavol Lucivjansky)5 Analytical Methods used in the GEMAS Project 39(Manfred Birke, Clemens Reimann & Karl Fabian)6 Evaluation of GEMAS Project Quality Control Results 45(Alecos Demetriades, Clemens Reimann & Peter Filzmoser)7 Trueness of GEMAS Analytical Results – the Ring Test 59(Clemens Reimann & Cornelia Kriete)8 Univariate Data Analysis and Mapping 65(Peter Filzmoser, Clemens Reimann & Manfred Birke)9 Multivariate Data Analysis 81(Peter Filzmoser & Clemens Reimann)10 Supporting Information for Interpretation of Geochemical Maps 91(Manfred Birke, Uwe Rauch & Clemens Reimann)11 Distribution of Elements/Parameters in Agricultural and Grazing LandSoil of Europe 101(Clemens Reimann, Alecos Demetriades, Manfred Birke, Peter Filzmoser,Patrick O’Connor, Josip Halamić, Anna Ladenberger & the GEMAS ProjectTeam)12 Discussion 473(Clemens Reimann, Alecos Demetriades, Manfred Birke & Ilse Schoeters)13 Conclusions 497References 501Acronyms and Abbreviations 517

Part B ­ ContentsGeneral Background Information 191 A Short Guide to Soil Formation and the Soils of Europe 21(Edith Haslinger, Clemens Reimann & Manfred Birke)2 Geology of Europe 47(Fabian Jähne)3 Mineral Deposits of Europe 71(Alecos Demetriades & Clemens Reimann)4 Arsenic Anomalies in European Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil 81(Timo Tarvainen, Manfred Birke, Clemens Reimann, Michal Poňavič & StefanoAlbanese)5 Distribution of Cadmium in European Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil 89(Manfred Birke, Clemens Reimann, Uwe Rauch, Benedetto De Vivo, Josip Halamić,Volodymyr Klos, Mateja Gosar & Anna Ladenberger)6 Carbon Concentrations in European Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil 117(Rainer Baritz, Vibeke Ernstsen & Dietmar Zirlewagen)7 Distribution of Selenium in European Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil 131(Michal Poňavič & Andreas Scheib)8 Natural Radioactive Elements Uranium, Thorium and Potassium inEuropean Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil 145(Domenico Cicchella, Stefano Albanese, Manfred Birke, Benedetto De Vivo, WalterDe Vos, Enrico Dinelli, Annamaria Lima, Patrick J. O’Connor, Ignace Salpeteur &Timo Tarvainen)9 Distribution of Aeolian Deposits in Europe and Their Influence on SoilGeochemistry 161(Andreas Scheib)10 Distribution of Boron, Chlorine and Fluorine in European Topsoil andSubsoil (based on samples from the FOREGS project) 169(Reijo Salminen, Manfred Birke, Clemens Reimann, Virgilija Gregorauskiene &Xueqiu Wang)11 Prediction of Metal and Metalloid Partitioning Coefficients (Kd) in SoilUsing Mid­Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy 183Les J. Janik, Sean Forrester, Jason K. Kirby, Michael J. McLaughlin, Jose M.Soriano­Disla & Clemens Reimann)12 Use of Monitoring Data for Risk Assessment of Metals in Soil under theEuropean REACH Regulation 189(Koen Oorts & Ilse Schoeters)13 Mobile Metal Ion Analysis of European Agricultural Soil 203(Alan Mann, Clemens Reimann, Patrice de Caritat & Nicholas Turner)Regional Interpretation of GEMAS Data 23314 Elemental Patterns in Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil in Norway,Finland and Sweden: What Have We Learned from Continental­ScaleMapping? 235(Anna Ladenberger, Jo Uhlbäck, Madelen Andersson, Clemens Reimann, TimoTarvainen, George Morris, Martiya Sadeghi, Mikael Eklund & Peter Filzmoser)15 Geochemical Characteristics of Ukrainian Soil Using Landscape­Geochemical Regionalisation Based on the GEMAS Data 253(Volodymyr Klos, Manfred Birke, Grygorii Akinfiev & Yulia Amashukeli)References 273Acronyms and Abbreviations 295Appendices 297A Soil Guideline Values (SGVs) for Agricultural and Grazing Land Soil in DifferentEuropean Countries 299B GEMAS Project: Statistical Parameters for All of Europe (Ap and Gr samples) 307C GEMAS Project: Statistical Parameters of Northern and Southern Europe (Apsamples) 327

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