Soil pollution and remediation of polluted soils

ABSTRACTMSc THESISSOIL POLLUTION AND REMEDIATION OF POLLUTED SOILSBilinç TÜRKOĞLUDEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE INSTITUTE OFNATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCEUNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVASupervisor : Prof. Dr. Zülküf KAYAYear : 2006 , Pages : 134Jury : Prof. Dr. Mustafa GÖKJury : Doc. Dr. Fuat BUDAKPollutants accumulation in soils has an important influence not only on thefertility of soils and functions of ecosystem but also on the health of animals andhuman beings via food chains. Soil pollution is increasingly becoming a globalproblem with the industry, mining activity and other human activities. Some factorssuch as complex physical, chemical and biological properties of contaminated soilsand limited information about behavior and relations of pollutants in soil mediaincrease the cost of remediation processes.In this study, informations produced from a lot of literatures insisted on howsoils polluted and can be remediated with which technologies that this polluted soils.Finally, to know contaminants in soils, how contaminants interact with soils and typeand structure of pollutants with soil structure are very important in that determinateof technologies of remediation.Key words: Soil pollution, technologies of remediation.II