major factors of soil formation
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Major Factors of Soil Formation. Hans Jenny. Vasily V. Dokuchaev. S = f(cl, o, r, p, t, ….) S = soil cl = (sometimes c) climate o = organic activity r = relief P = p arent material t = time. Hans Jenny. I. Parent Material. Parent Material. Parent Material A. Residual Soils. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Vasily V. Dokuchaev Hans Jenny
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Hans Jenny
S = f(cl, o, r, p, t, ….)S = soilcl = (sometimes c) climateo = organic activityr = reliefP = parent materialt = time
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I. Parent Material
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Parent Material
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils
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pinnacle weathering
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils1. Over Igneous Rocks• Granite (Piedmont and Blue Ridge)
Sandy A HorizonStrong B HorizonSaprolite (deep)
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils
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Saprolite “rotten rock”Residuum that has the appearance of rock,but some properties of soil
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils1. Over Igneous RocksGabbro (Piedmont)
Heavy Clay SoilsShallow Profiles
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils1. Over Igneous RocksGranite (Piedmont and Blue Ridge)
Sandy A HorizonSaprolite
Gabbro (Piedmont)Heavy Clay SoilsShallow Profiles
Diabase (primarily in Mesozoic Basins)Soils similar to Gabbros
Gabbro
Diabase
Basalt
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils2. Over Sedimentary Rocksa. Limestone and Dolomite (Valley and Ridge)
Deep, well drainedClay-rich, Productive
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils2. Over Sedimentary Rocksb. Shale (Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau)
Shallow, ImmatureLow Nutrients
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils2. Over Sedimentary Rocksc. Sandstone (Valley and Ridge, Plateau, and Mesozoic Basins)
Ridge Makers, shallow profilesCoarse, sandy textures, excessively drained
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I. Parent MaterialA. Residual Soils3. From Coastal Plain Sediments
Wide range of agesMostly sandy and friable
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils1. From Alluviuma. Floodplains • young soils, sandy,
friable• moist, productive• Poor horizon develop-
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils1. From Alluviuma. Floodplains • young soils, sandy• moist, productive
b. Terraces• Varying ages and development• Friable, productive
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils2. From Colluviuma. Base of steep slopes • Thick, moist• Weak profile development• Productive
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils2. From Colluviumb. Debris/Alluvial Fans • Thick, moist• Weak profile development• Productive (frequently site of orchards)
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• Thick, moist• Productive
(frequently site of orchards)
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3. From Aeolian ProcessesLoess • High silt content• Weak-to-moderate profile development• Productive, but highly erosive
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Loess Deposits
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Loess Deposits
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I. Parent MaterialB. Transported Soils4. From Glacial ProcessesGlacial Till• Highly dependent on mode of deposition• Weak profile development• Often rocky, thin profiles
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In General:• Most landscapes contain both residual and transported
soils.• Transported materials are generally high in silt and sand,
assuming they are not extremely old.• Transported soils are generally less developed than
residual soils.• Texture and clay mineralogy largely controlled by original
parent material.• Parent material is probably the single most important
factor on a regional/local scale.
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II. Climate
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II. ClimateA. Overview1. “Temperature and Precipitation”2. Recognized by Russian soil scientists in the
19th century that similar climate zones produced similar soils.
3. Probably the single most important factor in soil development on a global scale.
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II. ClimateB. Microclimate1. Exposurea. Boulderb. Hillside
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II. Climate
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II. Climate
WeepingLoveGrass
CrownVetch
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II. Climate
WeepingLoveGrass
CrownVetch
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2. Heat Conductivitya. Type of material (most rocks have low cond.)b. Moisture (dry vs. moist soils)
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2. Heat Conductivitya. Type of material (most rocks have low cond.)b. Moisture (dry vs. moist soils)
c. Albedod. Depth of Frost
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3. VegetationCools – provides shade and transpiration
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II. ClimateC. Macroclimate1. Most important worldwide
V.V. Dukuchaev (zonal classification)
Podzols, Chernozems, Desert, Tundra
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II. Climate & VegetationC. Macroclimate2. Climate Effect• Vegetation• Nitrogen• Organic Matter
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VegetationNitrogenOrganic Matter
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VegetationNitrogenOrganic Matter
Organics increase exponentiallyas temperature decreases to somethreshold
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Clay Content
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Linear relationship with moistureExponential relationship with temperature Clay Content
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III. OrganismsA. MicrofloraBacteriaActinomycetesFungiAlgae(do best in warm, wet conditions)
B. MacrofloraGrassesShrubsTrees(tend to react to conditions rather than create them)Produce large amounts of organicsProtect soil from erosion
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III. OrganismsC. MicrofaunaProtozoaNematodesGonnabiteyouwhilesleeping
D. MacrofaunaEarthworms,AntsReptilesmammals
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III. OrganismsE. Native Vegetation –USA• Climate is the driving factor1. Vegetation vs. Slope• Mid-Atlantic (PA)• New England (glaciated)• Florida Coast (Sand Dunes)• Southwest USA (Desert)
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Soil moisture regime Characteristics
Xeric Soils of temperate areas that experience moist winters and dry summers (i.e., Mediterranean climates)
Aridic/Torric Soils are dry more than half the time (in arid climatic zone)
Ustic In most years soils are dry for 90 consecutive days and moist in some part for half the days the soil temperature is above 5°C (i.e., during potential growing season)
Udic In most years soils are not dry more than 90 consecutive days
Perudic In most years precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration every month of the year
Aquic Soils that are sufficiently saturated, reducing conditions occur. They usually have low chroma mottles or have gleyed subsoils
Soil Moisture Regimes
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HyperthermicThermicMesicFrigidCryicPergelic Really Cold
Really Hot
Soil Temperature Regimes
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Pergelic (L. per, throughout in time and space, and L. gelare, to freeze; meaning permanent frost): Soils with a pergelic temperature regime have a mean annual temperature lower than 0°C. These are soils that have permafrost if they are moist, or dry frost if there is no excess water. It seems likely that the moist and the dry pergelic regimes should be defined separately, but at present we have only fragmentary data on the dry soils of very high latitudes. Ice wedges and lenses are normal in such soils in the United States.
Cryic (Gr. kryos, coldness; meaning very cold soils): Soils in this temperature regime have a mean annual temperature higher than 0°C but lower than 8°C.
Frigid: The concept of the frigid soil temperature regime and other soil temperature regimes listed below are used chiefly in defining classes of soils in the low categories. A soil with a frigid regime is warmer in summer than a soil with a cryic regime, but its mean annual temperature is lower than 8°C, and the difference between mean summer and mean winter soil temperatures (June-July-August and December-January-February) is more than 5°C
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Mesic (Gr. mesos, intermediate): The mean annual soil temperature is 8°C or higher but lower than 15°C, and the difference between mean summer and mean winter soil temperatures is more than 5°C either at a depth of 50 cm from the soil surface or at a densic, lithic, or paralithic contact, whichever is shallower.
Thermic: The mean annual soil temperature i s 15°C or higher but lower than 22°C, and the difference between mean summer and mean winter soil temperatures is more than 5°C either at a depth of 50 cm from the soil surface or at a densic, lithic, or paralithic contact, whichever is shallower.
Hyperthermic: The mean annual soil tem perature is 22°C or higher, and the difference between mean summer and mean winter soil temperatures is more than 5°C either at a depth of 50 cm from the soil surface or at a densic, lithic, or paralithic contact, whichever is shallower.
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IV. SlopeA. Very few completely flat areas
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IV. SlopeA. Very few completely flat areas
Soil Catena
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V. TimeA. A dynamic system
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V. TimeB. Dating MethodsPedogenesisPollenC14
Be10
OSL (optically stimulated luminescence)
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