Investigation and evaluation of soil pollution with oil products in the most intensively used territories of Gaižiūnai military training ground

Abstract

Recently environmental pollution became a problem of a special significance. Removal of pollutants from territories suffering from intensive use in the past and at present attracts major concern. Extensive pollution of the soil with materials of organic origin (oil and its products) was detected in the areas of the former military bases of different operation types. The surface soil is the first natural system to be directly affected by any level of pollution and it accumulates pollutants. Water dissolves and washes out materials from the soil saturated with oil hydrocarbons and it is also polluted with oil products.

The present paper describes the evaluation of environmental pollution caused by military activity in the operating Rukla-Gaižiūnai Military Training Ground. After investigation of soil pollution with oil products was performed, it was possible to analyse particularly the present soil condition and assess the most contravened places referring to the obtained results.