Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Pfade Boden-Grundwasser, Boden-Mensch, Boden-Nutzpflanze

English translation:

soil-groundwater, soil-human, soil-food plant pathways

Added to glossary by Dhananjay Rau
Sep 13, 2016 07:03
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German term

Pfade Boden-Grundwasser, Boden-Mensch, Boden-Nutzpflanze

German to English Science Environment & Ecology ground water and soil contamination and analysis
„Die Detail-Untersuchung umfasste insgesamt drei Phasen. In der ersten Phase wurde der Gutachter ausgewählt, das vorhandene Datenmaterial ausgewertet sowie der Umfang der Detailuntersuchung festgelegt. Die 2. Phase von November 2010 bis Ende 2015 beinhaltete die Untersuchung der **Pfade Boden-Grundwasser, Boden-Mensch und Boden-Nutzpflanze**. Hierzu fand die Beprobung und Analyse von Boden und Grundwasser sowie eine detaillierte Entwicklung eines Grundwassermodells zur Prognose des Stofftransportes statt.

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soil-groundwater, soil-human, soil-food plant pathways

Those are environmental pathways describing the paths of pollutants or harmful substances in the environment.

For example:
Soil related pathways are:
- soil – human (direct pathway)
- soil – food plant - human
- soil - food plant – farm animal - human
- soil - (leachate-) groundwater (- drinking water - human)
- soil - (leachate -) (groundwater -) surface water (- human)
- soil – soil air - indoor air - human
- soil - (leachate -) groundwater – soil air – indoor air - human.
http://www.eugris.info/FurtherDescription.asp?e=38&Ca=2&Cy=0...

Other ways of spelling: soil to groundwater, soil-to-groundwater etc.

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https://books.google.de/books?id=0T4nAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=P...

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http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/teonratc.30...
Note from asker:
Thanks Berit. Great.
Peer comment(s):

agree Armorel Young : I'd also consider using "crop" as a one-word alternative to "food plant"
16 mins
Yes of course, crop would also work. Thank you! :-)
agree TonyTK : Plenty of good hits (EPA, www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/.../RPform_5340.pdf ...). The -to- format seems to be very common.
28 mins
Thanks Tony :-)
agree philgoddard
1 hr
Thanks Phil :-)
agree Steffen Walter
5 hrs
Thank you Steffen :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. I was irritated by the word "Pfade" more than anything else"
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the paths/relations of soil to groundwater, soil tohuman and soil to culture plant

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