Pedosphere 10(3): 247--256, 2000
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2000 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
Effect of perched water tables on aluminosilicate stability and soil genesis
ZHANG Min1, GONG Zi-Tong2 and A. D. KARATHANASIS3
1 College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018 (China)
2 Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008 (China)
3 College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091 (USA)
ABSTRACT
      The mineral stability and solute activities of soil solution extracted from selected horizons of seven studied pedons of Alfisols in Kentucky, USA, and the relationship between distribution of iron-manganese concretions and the restrictive layers were investigated. The results showed that the genesis and development of these soils and mineral weathering trends were strongly influenced by the depth of bedrock and the presence of perched water tables at lithic (limestone) interfaces due to the dissolution and buffering effect of limestone bedrock. The extractable Mg/Ca ratio as depth function and soil depth above bedrock could be used as indices of weathering and degree of soil development. Maximum iron-manganese concretion accumulation was found to occur in the horizon overlying clay horizon (>40% clay) with a sharp increase in clay content (>10%), which suggested that zones of Fe-Mn concretion accumulation in soils of the Inner Bluegrass Region appeared to be a sensitive genetic indicator of argillic horizons with restrictive permeability.
Key Words:  iron-manganese concretion, perched water table, soil environment, soil genesis
Citation: Zhang, M., Gong, Z. T. and Karathanasis, A. D. 2000. Effect of perched water tables on aluminosilicate stability and soil genesis. Pedosphere. 10(3): 247-256.
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