Jülich Zwischenscholle

Jülich Zwischenscholle

Key Facts The Zwischenscholle aquifer is located in the Lower Rhine Embayment, Germany. The underground is made up of unconfined and semi-confined quaternary Rhine and Meuse sediments, mainly sandy and gravely. The aquifer base is the water impermeable Reuver clay....
Valthermond 1

Valthermond 1

Key Facts In the 17th century the Peat Reclamation District (Veenkolonieën) canals were dug to transport the peat and to drain excess water. The remaining peat was covered with the sand from the canals to make the soil suitable for agriculture. Every year small...
Limburg

Limburg

Key Facts The study site in Limburg, the Netherlands is an agriculture catchment with mainly arable land (40 ha), some pastures and orchards. The catchment has an elevation difference of maximum 40 meters, the outlet is at 76m above sea level and the two hills forming...
Wageningen

Wageningen

Key Facts A field experiment has been set up in Spring 2024 at the Unifarm of Wageningen University to study the transport of microplastics within the soil. In the SOILPROM project, the soil depth to which applied microplastics reach, through leaching and colloidal...
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