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Pedological Characteristics of Asian Dust in Korea  

Zhang, Yong-Seon (National Institute of Highland Agriculture, RDA)
Kim, Yoo-Hak (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Sonn, Yeon-Kyu (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Lee, Gye-Jun (National Institute of Highland Agriculture, RDA)
Kim, Myung-Sook (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Kim, Sun-Kwan (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Weon, Hang-Yeon (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Joa, Jae-Ho (National Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, RDA)
Eom, Ki-Cheol (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Kim, Sang-Hyo (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Kwak, Han-Kang (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
Kim, Han-Myeong (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.38, no.6, 2005 , pp. 301-306 More about this Journal
Abstract
Asian dust was collected in Korea and soils in the arid area of northern China were analysed for its physical and chemical properties, and mineral compositions for in order to interpret the origin of Aeolian soils and estimate the effect of dust wind on the soil environment in Korea. Asian dust was collected at Suwon in Korea from 2002 to 2004. Soil samples were collected from the desert and Loess plateaus around Gobi desert in China. As a result of analysis of desert soil distributed on northern region and Loess soils in China, it was observed that soil pH was about 9, organic matter 11 to $23g\;kg^{-1}$, and CEC 7.1 to $18.4cmolc\;kg^{-1}$, showing a high spatial variation among different sampling locations. About 62 to 80% of particles were composed of quartz and feldspars, 2 to 14% calcite ($CaCO_3$) and dolomite [$Ca{\cdot}Mg(CO_3)_2$], and trace other clay minerals. All the dust particles in Korea were below 50 m in diameter, and the mineral compositions were quartz, mica, feldspar and some clay minerals. Major components of clay mineral of Asian dust was mainly illite as compared to the kaolin of soils in Korea. The base saturation of exchangeable Ca, Mg, K and Na in the Asian dust was above 250% due to the high content calcite. Most of upland soil in Suwon was thin and sharp type, but Asian dust in Korea was the spherical shape. Asian dusts in Suwon, Korea, did not show a definite mineralogical variation of the dust during the collection period. Difference between the Asian dust collected in Korea and the soils in arid area of China was observed in the physical and chemical properties, especially for particle size distribution, cations such as Ca, Mg, K and Na. However, some similarities were found on the mineral compositions and chemical properties between Asian dust collected in Korea and the loess of China.
Keywords
Asian dust; Clay mineral; Chemical composition; Soil characteristics;
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