Pedosphere 13(3): 219--226, 2003
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2003 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
| Pedodiversity: A case study based on 1:1 million scale SOTER of Shandong province, China |
| TAN Man-Zhi1,2, ZHANG Xue-Lei1, CHEN Jie1, YAN Wu-Jiu2 and YANG Yu-Jian3 |
1 Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008 (China)
2 College of National Territory Resource and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000 (China)
3 Jinan Environmental Protection Bureau, Jinan 250012 (China) |
| ABSTRACT |
| The diversity of soils derived from different parent materials and developed on different terrains in Shandong Province, China, was analyzed with the theory of pedodiversity using a 1:1000000 scale soils and terrain digital database (SOTER) of Shandong Province in a geographical information system (GIS) environment. Diversity index of soils derived from different parent materials followed the sequence of igneous rock > sedimentary rock > metamorphic rock > unconsolidated material. Diversity index of soils developed on different terrains followed the sequence of plain > medium-gradient mountain > medium-gradient hill > valley floor > medium-gradient escarpment zone > depression > high-gradient mountain. Abundance distributions of these soil groups matched the logarithmic normal distributions. |
| Key Words: abundance distribution, pedodiversity, Shandong Province, SOTER |
| Citation: Tan, M. Z., Zhang, X. L., Chen, J., Yan, W. J. and Yang, Y. J. 2003. Pedodiversity: A case study based on 1:1 million scale SOTER of Shandong province, China. Pedosphere. 13(3): 219-226. |
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