Soil mineralogy

Although sequential fractionation procedures generally do not allow assessing the precise association of elements with each soil mineralogical phase, they can provide operationally defined phase associations and may be a powerful tool for the identification of some of the main binding sites, allowing to assess the potential for remobilisation and bioavailability of arsenic in polluted soils (Wenzel et al. 2001 Martin et al. 2007a). 

KEYWORDS continental-scale, soil geochemistry, soil mineralogy, transects... 

At the continental- to subcontinental-scale the relative proportions of major minerals in soils are largely controlled by parent material and climate factors. In turn, the distributions of many major and trace elements are strongly influenced by soil mineralogy, especially the presence or absence of quartz (Eberl Smith 2009 Bern 2009). 

Since the biogeochemical model PROFILE includes such important characteristics as mineral abundance, another model UPPSALA has been created that allows the researcher to calculate the soil mineralogical composition on the basis of total element content. The combination of these models (PROFILE and UPPSALA) gives the possibility to use existing soil and ecosystem databases for calculating critical loads of acidity in broad-scale regions. 

Soil mineralogy and geochemistry of surficial materials around the XY base-metal massive sulfide deposit, Selwyn Basin, Yukon... 

G. (2002) Iron oxides. In Soil mineralogy with environmental application SSSA Book Series, No 7 323-366... 

Soil mineralogy, not just total clay content, must be considered in interpreting the results of these apparently conflicting results. Amendment of soils or sand with... 

Bacterial desiccation and survival of other species in dried soils and mineral powders has been reported (Bitton et al., 1976, Labeda et al., 1976 Dupler Baker, 1984 Moll Vestal, 1992). In many instances the authors did not report soil mineralogical characteristics however, Bitton et al. (1976) showed greater survival of Klebsiella aerogenes under desiccation stress when in soils dominated by montmorillonite as compared to kaolinite. Amendment of montmorillonite to a sandy soil also increased the survival of K. aerogenes and thus produced the greatest increase in survival in these studies as well as those conducted with rhizobia. 

Schulze, D. G. (1989)- An introduction to soil mineralogy. In Minerals in Soil Environments, 2nd edn, ed. J. B. Dixon S. B. Weed, pp. 1-34. Madison, WI Soil Science Society of America. 

Hutton, C., Bryce, D.W., Russeau, W. et al. (2005) Aqueous and solid-phase speciation of arsenic in Cornish soils. Mineralogical Magazine, 69(5), 577-89. 

Van der Marel, H.W., 1954. Potassium fixation in Dutch soils mineralogical analyses. Soil Sci, 78 163-179. 

Gooding JL (1992) Soil mineralogy and chemistry on Mars Possible clues from salts and clays in SNC meteorites. Icarus 99 28-41 Gow AJ (1971) Relaxation of ice in deep drill cores from Antarctica. J Geo-phys Res 76 2533-2541... 

Dixon JB, Schulze DG (2002) Soil mineralogy with environmental applications, Soil Science Society of America, Madison... 

Most of the pollutants listed in this chapter find their way into water directly by human or natural discharges (from diffuse or point sources) or indirectly through discharges into soil. It is therefore important to realize that in order to manage or control such direct or indirect pollution, the chemistry of such chemicals must be understood and their physicochemical behavior in soil-water systems predicted. To accomplish these tasks, and to minimize adverse effects on the environment, one needs to have a background in water chemistry, soil mineralogy, soil surface chemistry, and the... 

Johnston, C.T. and Tombacz, E., Surface chemistry of soil minerals, in Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications, Dixon, J.B. and Schulze, D.G., Eds., Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, 2002, p. 37. 

Pieters C. M., Stankevich D. G., Shkuratov Y. G., and Taylor L. A. (2002) Statistical analysis of the links between lunar mare soil mineralogy, chemistry and reflectance. Icarus 155, 285-298. 

White A. F., Blum A. E., Schulz M. S., BuIIen T. D., Harden J. W., and Peterson M. L. (1996) Chemical weathering of a soil chronosequnece on granitic alluvium I. Reaction rates based on changes in soil mineralogy. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60, 2533-2550. 

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