Contribution of bricks to urban soil properties

• DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0559-0
• Publication Date: 2012-07-19T19:06:26Z
• Authors: Thomas Nehls; Sarah Rokia; Beate Mekiffer; Christophe Schwartz; Gerd Wessolek
• Keywords: Brick

Purpose Bricks are regularly found in urban soils where they can strongly impact soil properties. The purpose of this study is to investigate abundance, especially in the fine earth fraction, and properties of bricks in urban soils, focusing on rooting, plant nutrition and contamination.