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Vít Penížek is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Pollution, Soil Science, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Building and Construction.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics such as Heavy metals in environment, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Mining and Resource Management, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Vít Penížek's publication record includes numerous research articles in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • High-resolution agriculture soil property maps from digital soil mapping methods, Czech Republic (2022) in CATENA
  • A global perspective on soil science education at third educational level; knowledge, practice, skills and challenges (2022) in Geoderma
  • Slag dusts from Kabwe (Zambia): Contaminant mineralogy and oral bioaccessibility (2020) in Chemosphere
  • Mapping soil properties with soil-environmental covariates using geostatistics and multivariate statistics (2021) in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Thallium isotopic fractionation in soil: the key controls (2020) in Environmental Pollution

The scientist has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Aleš Vaněk (23 joint publications)
  • Tereza Zádorová (20 joint publications)
  • Martin Mihaljevič (17 joint publications)
  • Vojtěch Ettler (16 joint publications)
  • Bohdan Křı́bek (11 joint publications)

Vít Penížek's research has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues. The most frequent journals are:

  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration (5 publications)
  • CATENA (4 publications)
  • Geoderma (4 publications)
  • Chemosphere (3 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (3 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Penížek has contributed to book literature, with a publication titled Illustrated Handbook of WRB Soil Classification released in 2022 by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Geochemical position of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils near the Olkusz mine/smelter, South Poland: effects of land use, type of contamination and distance from pollution source

    Vladislav Chrastný;Aleš Vaněk;Leslaw Teper;Jerzy Cabala

  • Forest soil acidification assessment using principal component analysis and geostatistics

    Luboš Borůvka;Lenka Mládková;Vít Penížek;Ondřej Drábek

  • Thallium isotopes in metallurgical wastes/contaminated soils: A novel tool to trace metal source and behavior

    Aleš Vaněk;Zuzana Grösslová;Martin Mihaljevič;Vojtěch Ettler

  • Geochemical position of thallium in soils from a smelter-impacted area

    Aleš Vaněk;Vladislav Chrastný;Michael Komárek;Vít Penížek

  • Identification of Neolithic to Modern erosion–sedimentation phases using geochemical approach in a loess covered sub-catchment of South Moravia, Czech Republic

    Tereza Zádorová;Vít Penížek;Luděk Šefrna;Ondřej Drábek

  • Distribution and Pools of Mercury in Czech Forest Soils

    Tomáš Navrátil;Jamie Shanley;Jan Rohovec;Maria Hojdová

  • The structure of bacterial communities along two vertical profiles of a deep colluvial soil

    Marketa Sagova-Mareckova;Tereza Zadorova;Vit Penizek;Marek Omelka

  • Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

    Aleš Vaněk;Zuzana Grösslová;Martin Mihaljevič;Jakub Trubač

  • Mapping soil properties with soil-environmental covariates using geostatistics and multivariate statistics

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  • Soil contamination near the Kabwe Pb-Zn smelter in Zambia: Environmental impacts and remediation measures proposal

    Bohdan Kříbek;Imasiku Nyambe;Vladimír Majer;Ilja Knésl

  • Oral bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s in dust materials from mining areas of northern Namibia.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Markéta Cihlová;Alice Jarošíková;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Characterization of Fe-Mn concentric nodules from Luvisol irrigated by mine water in a semi-arid agricultural area

    Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Chren;Martin Mihaljevič;Petr Drahota

  • Variability of the copper isotopic composition in soil and grass affected by mining and smelting in Tsumeb, Namibia

    Bohdan Kříbek;Adéla Šípková;Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Surprisingly contrasting metal distribution and fractionation patterns in copper smelter-affected tropical soils in forested and grassland areas (Mufulira, Zambian Copperbelt).

    Vojtěch Ettler;Ladislav Konečný;Lucie Kovářová;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Thallium contamination of desert soil in Namibia: Chemical, mineralogical and isotopic insights.

    Zuzana Grösslová;Aleš Vaněk;Vendula Oborná;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Influence of terrain attributes and soil properties on soil aggregate stability

    T. Zádorová;O. Jakšík;R. Kodešová;V. Penížek

  • Tracing the metal dynamics in semi-arid soils near mine tailings using stable Cu and Pb isotopes

    Martin Mihaljevič;Rafael Baieta;Vojtěch Ettler;Aleš Vaněk

  • Thallium contamination of soils/vegetation as affected by sphalerite weathering: A model rhizospheric experiment

    Aleš Vaněk;Zuzana Grösslová;Martin Mihaljevič;Vojtěch Ettler

  • The Influence of Sample Drying Procedures on Mercury Concentrations Analyzed in Soils

    Maria Hojdová;Jan Rohovec;Vladislav Chrastný;Vít Penížek

  • Spatial Delineation of Organic Carbon Rich Colluvial Soils in Chernozem Regions by Terrain Analysis and Fuzzy Classification

    Tereza Zádorová;Vít Penížek;Luděk Šefrna;Marcela Rohošková

  • Building soil spectral library of the Czech soils for quantitative digital soil mapping.

    L. Brodský;A. Klement;V. Penížek;R. Kodešová

  • Reductions in soil surface albedo as a function of biochar application rate: implications for global radiative forcing

    Frank G A Verheijen;Simon Jeffery;Marijn van der Velde;Vít Penížek

  • Colluvial soils as a soil organic carbon pool in different soil regions

    Tereza Zádorová;Vít Penížek;Radim Vašát;Daniel Žížala

  • Slag dusts from Kabwe (Zambia): Contaminant mineralogy and oral bioaccessibility.

    Vojtěch Ettler;David Štěpánek;Martin Mihaljevič;Petr Drahota

Frequent Co-Authors

Aleš Vaněk
Aleš Vaněk Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Martin Mihaljevič
Martin Mihaljevič Charles University
Vojtěch Ettler
Vojtěch Ettler Charles University
Ondra Sracek
Ondra Sracek Palacký University, Olomouc
Bohdan Kříbek
Bohdan Kříbek Czech Academy of Sciences
Vladislav Chrastný
Vladislav Chrastný Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vladimír Majer
Vladimír Majer Technical University of Liberec
Michael Komárek
Michael Komárek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Radka Kodešová
Radka Kodešová Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Andreas Voegelin
Andreas Voegelin Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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