Mineralogical comparative analysis of the clay fraction of solonetz and chestnut soil without apparent microrelief in the north-western part of the Caspian lowland

Autor: N. A. Churilin, M. P. Lebedeva, E. B. Varlamov
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева, Vol 0, Iss 101, Pp 159-181 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0136-1694
2312-4202
DOI: 10.19047/0136-1694-2020-101-159-181
Popis: A comparative analysis of the mineralogical composition of the clay fraction (< 1 μm) of chestnut soil and solonetz has been performed in the article. Soils were studied in the oldest part of the Caspian lowland in north-west where the microrelief is not quite apparent (microdepressions no more than 5–10 cm depth), but with a contrast soil cover. The content of silt fraction in chestnut soil varies from 25.6 to 33.9%, in the solonetz – from 11.7 to 51.6%. In all horizons of the compared soils, except for the upper surface horizons (SEL, AU1), mixed-layered minerals dominate (39–52% in the fraction) over illite (27–37% in the fraction). In the surface horizons illite (48%) dominates over mixed-layer minerals (35%). The compared soils have some similarities in their crystal-chemical state: the imperfection of the kaolinite structure and the superdispersed state of the mixed-layer phase in the upper horizons, as well as the appearance of individual smectite and chlorite packets in the mixed-layer phase in the lower horizons (BC, C). The degree of perfection of the kaolinite structure both in the solonetz and in the meadow-chestnut soil increases towards the bottom of the profiles. The obtained data allow suggesting that in the meadow-chestnut soil the clay phase retained traces of the solonetzic stage of soil formation.
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