ABSTRACT
Based on land use, in the selected site (about 10,000 square meters) soil and plant sampling was carried out in three sub-zones: a wheat field, a maize field and a wood/olive grove field. Eleven soil samples were collected in cultivated (wheat, crop, olive grove) and in uncultivated field (wood). Soil samples was sieved by using a 2 mm mesh; a sediment portion smaller than 2 mm of each sample was milled and, obtained powder, was analyzed, after digestion in aqua regia, by using ICPAES and AAS-FIAS. Mineralogical analysis was conducted by XRD for sediment fraction smaller than 2 mm, whereas with sediment fraction bigger than 2 mm polished sections were realized, which were observed by using optical microscopy and analyzed with SEM/EDS.
