Table 1 Physicochemical parameters of the soils.

From: Environmental transfer parameters of strontium for soil to cow milk pathway for tropical monsoonal climatic region of the Indian subcontinent

Grass field

Soil parameters

pH

Conductivity (μS cm-1)

OM content (%)

Cation exchange (meq/100 g)

Particle size fraction

Ca (mg kg-1)

Soil groupc

 < 2 μm (%)

2 – 50 μm

(%)

 > 50 μm

(%)

Experimental grass field [36]a

4.2–6.9

(5.1)b

46.9–554

(318)

3.4–8.2

(5.6)

1.7–15.8

(6.3)

0–7.0

(3.1)

62.0–74.0

(70)

19.0–37.0 (28)

2.6–209

32.4

Sand 10

Pasture lands [50]

4.1–6.5

(5.0)

88–663

(467)

3.8–13.8

(8.1)

1.3–24.5

(7.3)

0–13.0

(4.8)

46.0–79.0

(63)

11.0–54.0 (33)

1.0–184

40.7

Sand10

Dairy farm [9]

4.8–6.0

(5.2)

103–677

(310)

3.2–4.6

(3.9)

2.5–2.6

(2.5)

0–7.0

(3.6)

52.0–78.0

(62)

20.0–48.0 (37)

13.7–34.2

20.8

Sand10

  1. aValues within square brackets in column 1 represents samples analyzed.
  2. bValues within parenthesis represent the arithmetic mean corresponding to the respective range.
  3. cSoil group is based on the criteria described in IAEA-TRS-47210.
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