Construction of maps for soil recycling in regional infrastructural works integrating soil-quality laws

  • F. van Lienen
  • G. Frapporti IWACO, Consultants for water and Environment, P.O. Box 8520, 3009 AM ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands; e-mail: g.frapporti@rtd.iwaco.nl
  • A. Stein Agricultural University Wageningen, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 37, 6700 AA WAGENINGEN, the Netherlands; e-mail: alfred.stein@bodlan.beng.wau.nl Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600021946
Keywords: geostatistics, infrastructural works, soil-quality maps

Abstract

A soil-quality map is at present an important tool to integrate laws on soil quality with regional infrastructural works. Basic data are commonly available, but soil quality is an indicator that has to be derived from these data, including site-specific environmental standards. We propose three geostatistics-based methods for the comparison of interpolated contaminant concentrations and standards.

The study is illustrated by data from a part of the Betuwe railroad transect, which extends over 12 km in the western Netherlands. As it turns out, a useful procedure is to combine interpolated contaminant concentrations with interpolated threshold values.

Published
2000-12-01
How to Cite
F. van Lienen, G. Frapporti, & A. Stein. (2000). Construction of maps for soil recycling in regional infrastructural works integrating soil-quality laws. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 79, pp. 449 - 457. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600021946
Issue
Volume 79 - 2000
Section
Regular paper
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