The European Commission launched a soil assessment component to the periodic LUCAS Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey in 2009. Composite soil samples from 0-20-cm depth were taken, air-dried and sieved to 2 mm in order to analyse physical and chemical parameters of topsoil in 25 Member States...

The European Commission launched a soil assessment component to the periodic LUCAS Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey in 2009. Physical and chemical parameters in topsoil (0-20 cm) were assessed in 23 Member States (EU-27 except Bulgaria, Romania, Malta and Cyprus). The aim of LUCAS Soil...