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http://dx.doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2011.44.5.916

Micromorphological and Mineral Characteristics of the Jang-won Series which have Fragipan in the soil Profile  

Moon, Yong-Hee (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Zhang, Yong-Seon (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Chun, Hyen-Chung (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Sonn, Yeon-Kyu (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Hyun, Byung-Keun (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Park, Chan-Won (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Song, Kwan-Cheol (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.44, no.5, 2011 , pp. 916-921 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carry out on a Jang-Won series (fine loamy, mixed, mesic family of typic fragipan) that were established and classified as a fragipan soil in Korea. The morphological, physical, chemical and minerals characteristics of Jang-Won series were studied to determine the genesis of fragipan soils in natural environment. Each sample was analyzed for its physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics. The particle size distribution of samples was measured using pipette method. Clay minerals were investigated on parallel-oriented specimens of the clay fraction ($<2{\mu}m$) from each horizon, separated by sieving and centrifugation, using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Micromorphological observations were made on thin sections prepared from soil blocks impregnated with Crystic Resin, cut and ground to less than $30{\mu}m$ in thickness, and finally polished with diamond paste. Most horizons have pH values in the range of fewer than 5.0 and have very low base-saturation values. Their textural classification ranges from silt loam to loam, the lower horizons being the finer. The clay fraction revealed the occurrence of illite, kaolinite, chlorite and vermiculite. The micro-morphological analysis carries out thin sections from each soil profile. The silt concentrations occur as extremely dense and homogenous bands or zones of silt-sized materials, brownish in colour in plane-polarized light and anisotropic in cross-polarized light, surrounding or adhering to skeleton grains. The genesis of fragipan in the Jangweon series assumed composition of clay fraction rather than silt concentration. Therefore, this results suggested an authentic interpretation which Jangweon series is classification as Typic Fragiochrepts.
Keywords
Soil classification; Clay minerals; Silt; Thin section; Typic Fragiochrepts;
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