June 1, 2017 Thesis Open Access

Shiferaw Dessie

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{
  "DOI": "10.20372/nadre:3439", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Shiferaw Dessie"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2017, 
        6, 
        1
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>Peatland is available in considerable quantities in Ethiopia. The current investigation was aimed<br>\non analysis of physicochemical properties, heavy metal concentration and micronutrient<br>\navailability of Peat land soil found at GUNA Mountain (Mehil Chemaw), Siemen Mountain<br>\nNational Park (Debela) and one control sample at Gondar zuria woreda Amhara region, Ethiopia.<br>\nSoil samples were randomly collected to a depth of 20cm using auger. Samples were air-dried,<br>\nsieved by &lt;2 mm mesh and analyzed using standard procedures. The following physicochemical<br>\nproperties such as color, texture, pH, EC, CEC, OC, OM, TN of the soil and some selected metal<br>\nconcentrations (Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Mg) were analyzed. The result shows that the color<br>\nof soil at GUNA, SNP and GDC is dark black, dark brown and light black, respectively. The soil<br>\ntextural class of GUNA and SNP is clay, while GDC is sandy clay. pH and EC determined in<br>\nsoil/water (1:2.5, v/v) the soil pH of GUNA (4.83) and SNP (5.1) are strong acid and GDC (6.63)<br>\nslightly acid. The EC of GUNA and SNP is 0.136 and 0.121 ds/m, respectively but GDC soil<br>\n0.062 ds/m. The CEC in GUNA (51.2cmol (+)/kg) and SNP (48.8 cmol (+)/kg) have very high<br>\nand GDC (32.2cmol (+)/kg) high.</p>", 
  "title": "Physico-Chemical Analysis of Peat Land Soil Found in Guna Mountain (Mehil Chemaw) and Semen Mountain National Park (Debela) Amhara Region, Ethiopia", 
  "type": "thesis", 
  "id": "3439"
}