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Fragipan Formation within Closed Depressions in Southern Wisconsin, United States

미국 위스콘신 남부지방의 소규모 저습지에 나타나는 이쇄반층(Fragipan)의 형성과정에 관한 연구

  • Park S.J. (Department of Geography, Seoul National University) ;
  • Almond P. (Division of Soil Plant and Ecological Sciences, Lincoln University) ;
  • McSweeney K. (Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin) ;
  • Lowery B. (Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the pedogenesis of dense subsurface horizons (denoted either Bx or Bd) observed within closed depressions and in toeslope positions at loess-covered glacial tillplains in southern Wisconsin. Some of these dense subsurface horizons, especially those occurring within depressions, show a close morphological resemblance to fragipans elsewhere, even though the existence of fragipans has not been previously reported in southern Wisconsin. The spatial occurrence of fragipans was first examined over the landscape to characterize general soil-landscape relationships. Detailed physico-chemical and micromorphological analyses were followed to investigate the development of fragipans within a closed depression along a catenary sequence. The formation of fragipans at the study site is a result of sequential processes of physical ripening and accumulation of colloidal materials. A very coarse prismatic structure with a closely packed soil matrix was formed via physical ripening processes of loess deposited in small glacial lakes and floodplains that existed soon after the retreat of the last glacier. The physically formed dense horizons became hardened by the accumulation of colloidal materials, notably amorphous Si. The accumulation intensity of amorphous Si varies with mass balance relationships, which are governed by topography and local drainage conditions. Well-developed Bx horizons evolve at closed depressions where net accumulation of amorphous Si occurs, but the collapsed layers remain as Bd horizons at other locations where soluble Si has continuously been removed downslope or downvalley. Hydromorphic processes caused by the presence of fragipans are degrading upper parts of the prisms, resulting in the formation of an eluvial fragic horizon (Ex).

이 연구는 미국 위스콘신 남부지방의 뢰스(loess)로 덮여있는 빙퇴석평야상의 소규모 저습지와 산록부에서 관찰되는 치밀차표층(dense subsurface horizons)의 형성원인과 형성과정을 설명하기 위한 것이다. 연구대상이 된 치밀차표층은 Bd 혹은 Bx층으로 명명될 수 있는 토양층이다. 일부 치밀차표층은 형태적으로 이쇄반층(fragipan, Bx)과 매우 유사한 특징을 보이지만, 아직까지 주변지역에서 이쇄반층의 존재가 보고된 바는 없다. 이 연구에서는 치밀차표층과 이쇄반층의 상대적인 분포의 차이를 지형기복과의 관계를 통해 관찰하였으며, 그 형성원인을 파악하기 위해 물리 화학적 분석과 더불어 토양구조의 현미경 관찰을 실시하였다. 그 결과 이쇄반층의 형성은 토양구조의 물리적인 숙성과정(physical ripening)과 그에 이은 콜로이드물질의 집적과정을 거치면서 형성된 것으로 결론을 내렸다. 치밀차표층에서 관찰되는 높은 밀도의 토양매질은 빙하가 물러나면서 형성된 소규모 빙하호수와 범람원에 퇴적된 뢰스물질들이 물리적인 숙성과정(physical ripening)을 거치면서 형성된 것으로 보이며, 그 결과 대규모의 주상구조(prismatic structure)가 형성되었다. 이후 지속적인 토양화과정을 거치면서 Si를 포함하는 콜로이드 물질의 집적에 의해 토양매질이 더욱 단단해지는 과정을 거치게 되면서 이쇄반층으로 발전하게 되었다. Si의 집적정도는 지형적인 특성과 물의 흐름에 의해 결정되게 된다. 물과 물질의 집적이 주로 나타나는 소규모의 저습지에서는 Si의 집적으로 인해 잘 발달된 이쇄반층(Bx)이 발달하게 된다. 반면, Si의 제거가 비교적 활발하게 이루어지는 산록부에서는 이쇄반층의 단계로 발전하지 못하고 치밀층(Bd)에 머물고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 이쇄반층이 만들어진 경우에는 그 상부에 불투수층이 형성되어, 물리적 숙성과정으로 형성된 주상구조의 상부가 서서히 파괴되는 현상을 보기에 된다. 이 경우에는 이쇄반층 상부에 용탈이쇄반층 (eluvial fragic horizon, Ex)이 나타나게 된다.

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