1. Characterisation of a reference site for quantifying uncertainties related to soil sampling
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Alessandra Pati, Paolo de Zorzi, Umberto Sansone, Maria Belli, Luisa Stellato, Sandro Menegon, Andrea Deluisa, Valter Coletti, Sabrina Barbizzi, and Maria Barbina
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Quality Control ,Hydrology ,business.industry ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Reference site ,Environmental resource management ,Sampling (statistics) ,General Medicine ,Geostatistics ,Toxicology ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Pollution ,Soil contamination ,Soil quality ,Specimen Handling ,Risk analysis (business) ,Soil Pollutants ,Environmental science ,Spatial variability ,business ,Quality assurance ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
The paper reports a methodology adopted to face problems related to quality assurance in soil sampling. The SOILSAMP project, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Italy (APAT), is aimed at (i) establishing protocols for soil sampling in different environments; (ii) assessing uncertainties associated with different soil sampling methods in order to select the "fit-for-purpose" method; (iii) qualifying, in term of trace elements spatial variability, a reference site for national and international inter-comparison exercises. Preliminary results and considerations are illustrated.
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- 2004
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