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Some effects of a buried electricity transmission cable on bulk soil

✍ Scribed by Riccardo Scalenghe


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
135 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
0197-8462

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Abstract

A case study in NW Italy investigating an underground electric line (1 m depth triple cable at operative voltages 220–380 kV) measured electric fields in the surrounding soil virtually close to zero but magnetic fields (µTs) 20 times the background level. After 6 months, the influence radius around the cable on microbial activity (estimated by soil ATP), organic carbon, and total nitrogen follows exactly the inverse trend of the MF, shifting the biological activity with a lag distance of 5 m from the 220 kV cable. Bioelectromagnetics 28:667–671, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.