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Pollution indices as useful tools for the comprehensive evaluation of the degree of soil contamination–A review by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Mazurek, Ryszard, Gąsiorek, Michał, Zaleski, Tomasz

“…The paper provides a complex, critical assessment of heavy metal soil pollution using different indices. Pollution indices are widely considered a useful tool…”
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Multiproxy approach to the reconstruction of soil denudation events and the disappearance of Luvisols in the loess landscape of south-western Poland by Loba, Aleksandra, Zhang, Junjie, Tsukamoto, Sumiko, Kasprzak, Marek, Beata Kowalska, Joanna, Frechen, Manfred, Waroszewski, Jarosław

“…•Denudation processes strongly reshaped soil cover in loess areas.•The first denudation event occurr in Prehistoric times and followed in…”
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Meteoric 10Be as a tracer of soil redistribution rates and reconstruction tool of loess–mantled soils (SW, Poland) by Beata Kowalska, Joanna, Egli, Markus, Vögtli, Martina, Tikhomirov, Dmitry, Łabaz, Beata, Christl, Marcus, Waroszewski, Jarosław

“…•Erosion rates in loess–mantled soils ranged from 0.11 to 3.27 t ha−1 yr−1.•Loess mantles were significantly shallowed in the late Pleniglacial.•10Be content…”
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Are Natural or Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Potentially Toxic Elements' Enrichment in Soils in Proglacial Zones? An Example from Kaffiøyra (Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen) by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Nicia, Paweł, Gąsiorek, Michał, Zadrożny, Paweł, Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert, Waroszewski, Jarosław

“…Arctic soils may hold potentially toxic elements (PTE); PTE can provide evidence of past or recent pollution. In this study, five soil profiles located on…”
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Deep Subsoil Storage of Trace Elements and Pollution Assessment in Mountain Podzols (Tatra Mts., Poland) by Joanna Beata Kowalska, Michał Gąsiorek, Paweł Zadrożny, Paweł Nicia, Jarosław Waroszewski

“…Research highlights: this article refers to the deep storage of trace elements as a result of the podzolization process under different types of vegetation…”
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Rendzinas diversity of the Ojców National Park as an effect of lithological factors by Mazurek, Ryszard, Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Zadrożny, Paweł, Gąsiorek, Michał, Kozak, Halina

“…The aim of this study was to investigate rendzinas diversity on the area of the Ojców National Park (ONP), southern Poland. Moreover, the paper aims to…”
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Soil formation on calcium carbonate-rich parent material in the outer Carpathian Mountains – A case study by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Zaleski, Tomasz, Józefowska, Agnieszka, Mazurek, Ryszard

“…In this study, ten stratified calcium carbonate–rich soil profiles from the Polish Outer Carpathians were investigated in order to identity the influence of…”
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Pollution indices as comprehensive tools for evaluation of the accumulation and provenance of potentially toxic elements in soils in Ojców National Park by Mazurek, Ryszard, Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Gąsiorek, Michał, Zadrożny, Paweł, Wieczorek, Jerzy

“…The Ojców National Park (ONP) is located nearby several currently operating, large industrial centres, which can be sources of potentially toxic elements…”
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Clay mineralogy fingerprinting of loess-mantled soils on different underlying substrates in the south-western Poland by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Vögtli, Martina, Kierczak, Jakub, Egli, Markus, Waroszewski, Jaroslaw

“…•Aeolian silt mantles reveal different clay mineralogy than the underlying substrates.•Aeolian silt admixture was an important source of chlorite.•Smectite and…”
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Does calcium carbonate influence clay mineral transformation in soils developed from slope deposits in Southern Poland? by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Skiba, Michał, Maj-Szeliga, Katarzyna, Mazurek, Ryszard, Zaleski, Tomasz

“…Purpose Literature reported that soils characterized by heterogeneity would reveal the different direction of clay minerals transformation. Hence, in this…”
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Distribution and Pools of Soil Organic Carbon in Chernozemic Soils Impacted by Intensive Farming and Erosion in the Loess Plateau in South-East Poland by Labaz, Beata, Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Kabala, Cezary, Kobierski, Mirosław, Waroszewski, Jaroslaw, Dudek, Michal, Szopka, Katarzyna, Gruszka, Dariusz

“…Soil erosion and the loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) pools are considered serious environmental problems in undulating landscapes on loess covers,…”
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Micromorphological features of soils formed on calcium carbonate–rich slope deposits in the Polish Carpathians by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Zaleski, Tomasz, Mazurek, Ryszard

“…Seven soil profiles developed on calcium carbonate–rich slope deposits in the Polish Carpathians were studied in order to: i) determine the micromorphological…”
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Lithological indicators of discontinuities in mountain soils rich in calcium carbonate in the Polish Carpathians by Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Kajdas, Bartłomiej, Zaleski, Tomasz

“…Six soils located within the Polish Carpathians, developed on calcium carbonate–rich sedimentary parent materials and representing various reference groups,…”
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Potentially toxic elements in fen peatland soils located near lignite-fired power plants in Central Poland by Glina, Bartłomiej, Kowalska, Joanna Beata, Łuczak, Katarzyna, Mazurek, Ryszard, Spychalski, Waldemar, Mendyk, Łukasz

“…The Grójec Valley (GV) peatland area in Central Poland is located close to lignite-fired power plants, which could be sources of potentially toxic elements…”
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Methodological problems with the classification and measurement of soils containing carbonates by Bartmiński, Piotr, Świtoniak, Marcin, Drewnik, Marek, Kowalska, Joanna, Sowiński, Paweł, Żyła, Marcin, Bieganowski, Andrzej

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