Assessing the role of the relief in the spatial variability of agriculturally important soil properties for intensively cultivated agricultural land

An intensively cultivated field of 0.4 ha (sod-podzolic soils) shows considerable variability of agriculturally important soil properties, the rank and direction of the highest variation of which occurred to be close. Therefore, the factor that determines the variation is anthropogenic. The influence of the morphometric characteristics of the relief on the variability of soil properties was described by the multiple linear regression equation. The strongest impact of the relief falls on the thickness of the surface horizon (up to 40%); for pH and the mobile phosphorus content this figure is only 10–15% and decreases with depth, while for mobile potassium it increases with depth.     

Physical properties of park soils of the objects of landscape architecture

Here the comparative characteristics of the physical properties of park soils, viz., anthropogenically transformed and engineered soils of the objects of landscape architecture, are given. The mechanical strength of aggregates, density, and aggregate physical properties to characterize the soil and agro-physical and environmental condition of soil objects of landscape architecture and establish the similarities or differences of engineered soil objects with zonal soils are described. We studied the physical properties of soils of different structural and functional elements of the landscape and the regular area of the Arkhangelskoe memorial estate. The structural state of the park soils is characterized as good. The engineered soils of the regular area of the park appear to have excessively high water resistance, while the postagrigenic sod-podzolic soils of the landscape area of the park are absolutely water resistant.     

A comparative study of elemental composition of water-soluble humic substances,humic acids,and fulvic acids extracted from sod-podzolic soils

Elemental analysis of water-soluble humic substances extracted from three sod-podzolic soils was carried out. Data on elemental composition were compared to those of humic and fulvic acids extracted from the same soils.     

A comparative study of molecular weight distribution of water-soluble humic substances,humic acids,and fulvic acids extracted from sod-podzolic soils

The alteration of organic matter from three sod-podzolic soils in the course of the extraction of water-soluble humic substances was studied by means of size-exclusion chromatography using a combined UV-DOC detector. A comparison of water-soluble humic substances with humic and fulvic acids extracted from the same soils was carried out.     

Features of the moisture regime of a model sod-podzolic soil when mulching with spruce litter

During the dry growing seasons of 2011 and 2012, mulching of a sod-podzolic soil with coniferous litter maintained the moisture of the upper soil layer at high and fairly stable levels. By varying the spruce litter thickness, it is possible to maintain optimum conditions for acidophilic plants characterized by varying responses to the soil moisture content. In dry years (PER 0.5–0.8), the degree of influence of the mulch layer on the soil moisture content is closely related to the magnitude of the moisture deficit calculated for a warm season.     

Organic carbon stabilization in microaggregates of sod-podzolic soils depending on land use

The variations in organic matter content related to changes in land use depend on the localization and soil stabilization mechanisms. Plowing of sod-podzolic soil results in a ninefold decrease in the free organic matter content. The carbon content in organic and organomineral fractions localized in microaggregates gets 2 and 1.3 times lower, respectively. The ratio between carbon fractions in coarse and fine microaggregates increases from 2 to 3. The natural forestation of agricultural lands leads to an increase in the amount of free and aggregated organic matter and a decrease in the organomineral component of microaggregates and the ratio between carbon fractions in coarse and fine microaggregates.     

THE DETERMINATION OF IONIC DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN FIELD SOILS. I. DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN SIEVED SOILS IN RELATION TO WATER CONTENT AND BULK DENSITY

A method for measuring diffusion coefficients in large cores of structured field soils has been developed and tested, in the first instance using sieved soil. Bromide-chloride and bromide-nitrate counter diffusion coefficients have been determined using ion exchange membranes as sinks for the diffusing ions. The effects of membrane selectivity, soil surface preparation, solution concentration, water content and bulk density have been investigated. The organic colloid content appears to have a considerable influence on the impedance factor-water content relationship of a soil. Increasing the bulk density at constant volumetric water content linearly reduced the impedance factor by up to 30 per cent. The relationship between impedance factor and bulk density is discussed.     

黏粒质量分数对土壤水分蓄持能力影响的模拟试验

通过人工配制不同质地土壤,测定土壤水分特征参数,研究土壤中黏粒质量分数对其水分蓄持能力的定量影响。结果表明：1）黏粒质量分数对土壤水分蓄持能力有较大影响,土壤持水能力随黏粒质量分数增加而递增。2个水分特征曲线模型——Gardner模型及van Genuchten模型中,表征土壤持水能力的参数均随黏粒质量分数增加而增大。2）黏粒质量分数对土壤比水容量有较大影响,试验土壤在任一水吸力水平下的比水容量值均随其黏粒质量分数增大而增大。3）试验土壤饱和含水量、田间持水量分别与黏粒质量分数呈指数、对数正相关,凋萎系数与黏粒质量分数呈指数正相关。4）试验土壤有效水、迟效水含量随黏粒质量分数增加呈先升高后降低趋势,二者与黏粒质量分数均呈抛物线关系,最高点分别出现在黏粒质量分数为35.9%和35.8%处,易效水含量与黏粒质量分数相关性不显著。研究结果可为黄土区土壤水分蓄持机制进一步研究提供一定理论依据。     

Acid-base buffering of soils in transitional and transitional-accumulative positions of undisturbed southern-taiga landscapes

The method of continuous potentiometric titration (CPT) of soil water suspensions was used to evaluate the acid-base buffering of samples from the major genetic horizons of podzolic soils on a slope and soddy gley soils on the adjacent floodplain of a rivulet. In the soils of the slope, the buffering to acid upon titration from the pH of the initial titration point (ITP) to pH 3 in all the horizons was 1.5?C2.0 times lower than that in the podzolic soils of the leveled interfluve, which could be due to the active leaching of exchangeable bases and oxalate-soluble aluminum and iron compounds with the later soil flows. In the soddy gley soils, the buffering to acid in the mineral horizons was 2?C10 times higher than that in the podzolic soils. A direct dependence of the soil buffering to acid on the total content of exchangeable bases and on the content of oxalate-soluble aluminum compounds was found. A direct dependence of the buffering to basic upon titration from the ITP to pH 10 on the contents of the oxalate-soluble aluminum and organic matter was observed in the mineral horizons of all the studied soils. The soil treatment with Tamm??s reagent resulted in the decrease of the buffering to acid in the soddy gley soils of the floodplain, as well as in the decrease of the buffering to basic in the soils on the slopes and in the soddy gley soils. It was also found that the redistribution of the mobile aluminum compounds between the eluvial, transitional, and transitional-accumulative positions in the undisturbed southern taiga landscapes leads to significant spatial differentiation of the acid-base buffering of the mineral soil horizons with a considerable increase in the buffer capacity of the soils within the transitional-accumulative terrain positions.     

Hydrocarbon status of soils under different ages of oil contamination

Modifications of the hydrocarbon status (HCS) of soils at the stages of the injection input of oil pollutants and the subsequent self-purification of the soil layer from technogenesis products have been revealed in studies conducted on an oil field. Comparison with the HCS of background soils has been performed. Changes in the composition and concentration of bitumoids, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and hydrocarbon gases have been established. The HCS of a freshly contaminated soil is characterized by the predominance of butane (the highest component) in the gaseous phase, an abrupt increase in the concentration of second-kind bitumoids, and a 100-fold increase in the content of PAHs compared to the background soil. In the old contaminated soil, free and fixed methane becomes the predominant gas; the content of bitumoids in the upper soil horizons is lower than in the freshly contaminated soils by two orders of magnitude but higher than in the background soil by an order of magnitude; the PAH composition in the soil with old residual contamination remains slightly more diverse than in the background soil.     

Composition and development of some soils on glauconitic Cretaceous (Upper Greensand) rocks in southern England

Three soils developed in glauconitic parent materials and differing in water regime have been examined. Particle size distribution and mineralogical data show them to be free of additions of extraneous material and major lithological discontinuities. The principal soil-forming processes have been physical disaggregation of glauconite grains, translocation of clay, removal of Fe II from the glauconite structure due to charge imbalance following loss of structural K, and oxidation of this Fe II to form hydrous Fe oxides. A randomly interstratified illit-mectite has also formed by weathering of the glauconite. The evidence of void argillan formation at considerable depth in the coarser textured soils is difficult to reconcile with conventional ideas regarding the formation of such features. The glauconite in these soil parent materials has an unusually low Fe II content, which confers considerable stability on the glauconite surface. As a consequence, the glauconite in these soils is relatively resistant to weathering.     

Specific features of the humus status in soils of Buryatia

The humus content in soils of Buryatia varies significantly in dependence on the local hydrothermic conditions. All the studied soils are characterized by a relatively short humus profile, a sharp drop in the humus content down the soil profile, considerable amounts of the humin fraction and the fraction of humic acids bound with sesquioxides, and a moderate humus enrichment with nitrogen.     

Rock fragments I. Their effect on runoff, erosion and soil properties under field conditions

Abstract. The effects of different sizes, amounts, and positions of rock fragments on soil properties and erosion were studied in experimental plots (10 treatments including bare soils and soils under natural vegetation, with 3 replicates each) installed on a hillslope.
Over five events, the largest amounts of runoff were from bare soils containing abundant rock fragments, either partially embedded on the surface or incorporated in the upper part of the soil. Stoneless soils gave smaller amounts, and the smallest runoffs were measured on soils under natural vegetation. Generally, large rock fragments (cobbles) caused greater runoff than smaller fragments (coarse gravel). However, soils with appreciable amounts of coarse gravel on the surface generated considerable runoff under rainfalls of low intensity and long duration, but smaller amounts at greater rainfall intensities.
Sediment loss was greater from soils with cobbles than from soils containing coarse gravel; vegetation greatly decreased sediment loss from both.
In a 12-month period, the organic matter content of the soils decreased by 15.5 to 23.0%, decreasing soil aggregate stability. The organic matter content was greater in the collected sediments than in the soil.     

Speciation in metal contaminated soils as revealed by an ion exchange resin membrane fractionation procedure

Abstract

Ion exchangers have proven to be a useful tool in the study of metal speciation in aquatic environments, but have seen little application in the study of metal behavior in soil environments. The labile metal species in polluted soils were evaluated by equilibrating soil suspensions with ion exchange resin membranes of different types at pH values ranging from 3 to 9. The total soluble metal content of cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and lead (Pb) contaminated Western Canadian soils was subdivided into (i) low‐pH labile, (ii) weak‐acid labile, (iii) weak‐base labile, (iv) high‐pH labile, and (v) non‐adsorbable forms using cation and anion exchange membranes. Soil suspension is mixed overnight with different types of resin membranes and the cations transferred from the soil are subsequently eluted from the membranes using 1N HCl. The HCl extract is then analyzed for Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb. The aqueous phase remaining in contact with the soil residue is considered the amount of released non‐labile, non‐adsorbable species. The low‐pH labile fraction constituted the largest proportion of the added metal in poorly buffered (sandy) soils. Weak‐acid and base labile fractions were typically highest in highly buffered soils. Clearly, metal contaminated soils most likely to cause environmental damage are sandy textured soils subject to acidification, although the production of chelating substances by roots and microorganisms may also mobilize considerable quantities of metal in soils of high clay content.     

Transformation of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in soils

The transformation of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH, a propellant component) applied at a rate of 240 g/kg to different soils was studied. The kinetic regularities of a decrease in the UDMH concentration and the accumulation of its transformation products leached out from dry and wet soils were investigated 3, 10, 30, and 90 days after its application. As the UDMH enters the soil, it vaporizes, and the elevated moisture of the soils promotes an increase in the pollutant’s concentration at the initial moment; then, the concentration differences become leveled to the end of observation. It was also shown that the higher the organic matter content in the soil, the higher the UDMH concentration. However, at the end of the observations, on the 90th day, the total UDMH concentration did not exceed 0.5% of its initial content. In order to explain the UDMH behavior in the soils, one should take into account the existence of different forms of this substance and the changes in their ratios with time. The main portion of UDMH retained by the soil in the free form is transformed during the first few days. The products of the UDMH transformation, such as 1-methyl-1,2,4-triazole, formic acid dimethylhydrazide, dimethylguanidine, and dimethylamine are formed in considerable amounts, and their concentrations should be controlled in places of UDMH spills on soils.     

水稻土的力学性质与水分含量的关系

土壤的抗剪强度和抗压强度以及变形性质是决定耕作阻力、机具的通行性能及耕作质量的重要因素,也是机具正确设计所必须考虑的因素。过去对于耕作土壤的强度研究,多从旱地的松散状况出发,把土体的粘结只归因于水膜的表面张力和水膜的数量,并得出结论:土壤强度与含水量呈抛物线关系。对于搅动后土壤粘结的机制,认为包括水膜粘结和分子引力粘结两种^[1]。最近山中金次郎指出^[2],在这二种不同粘结机制的转折处有明显的破折现象,但对水稻土的情况研究极少。     

黄土区土壤微量元素含量分布与微肥效应

黄土区土壤微量元素含量分布受母质、地形、水热条件、土壤类型等成土过程与成土条件的深刻影响,呈现出一定的规律性。与全国土壤平均含量比较,本区土壤锌、锰较低,钼很低,硼接近,铜略高。土壤有效态锌、硼、钼、锰属低水平,存在着大面积缺乏锌、硼、钼的土壤,近一半土壤面积缺锰。近年来,锌、硼、锰肥已在生产中大面积应用,获得了显著的经济效益。     

生物质炭修复重金属及有机物污染土壤的研究进展

生物质炭是生物质原料在完全或部分缺氧条件下高温热解后的固体产物,它具有丰富的孔隙结构和较高的碳含量。该物质具有巨大的表面积和较强的阳离子交换能力等特殊性质,对受污染土壤中的重金属和有机物都具有很强的吸附能力,有效地降低这些污染物的生物有效性和在环境中的迁移,对改善土壤环境具有重大意义。近年来我国土壤污染严重,利用生物质炭修复受污染土壤的技术得到了广泛的关注。本文简述了生物质炭修复土壤污染的基本原理,探讨了与其他修复方法相比存在的优势,阐述了国内外近年来利用生物质炭修复污染土壤的研究进展,最后展望了今后需要进一步研究的领域。     

Zum Einfluss langjährig differenzierter Kaliumdüngung auf Parameter des Bodenwasserhaushaltes

Using soil samples from 15 field trials of long term-differences in potassium fertilization from sites in Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary, we conducted a laboratory analysis to measure the effects of potassium fetilization on soil potassium content, water-retention functions and crop growth parameters such as field capacity, permanent wilting point and available water content. The different soil water parameters showed a specific response to potassium fertilization and strong interactions with a number of soil characteristics. Higher water content, caused by an increase in potassium, was measured in low water retention below pF 3.0 and only in a few cases with pF 4.2. The strongest response to long-term differences in potassium fertilization on field capacity and available water content were detected for sandy soils. This effect decreased with increased clay content. In sandy soils, the response to potassium fertilization was mediated by an increase in soil organic carbon (TOC). In soils with a high silt content from Bad Lauchstädt and Bonn only minute effects of TOC on the water-holding capacity were measured. The effect of potassium on the various water-retention parameters in soils was strongly affected by TOC of the particular soil. Thus, the potassium-mediated increase in the field capacity of soils with a low TOC from the experimental site in Bonn (1.05 M% TOC) with almost 1.2 Vol% was almost twice as high as for the site in Bad Lauchstädt, which is characterized by a TOC of 1.97 M%. We hypothesize that these interactions are responsible for the substantial increase in available water content following increased potassium in clay soil with a low TOC in Putnok (Hungary).     

Effect of Initial Soluble Salt Composition of Saline Soil on Salinity Tolerance of Barley Plant

A pot experiment was carried out on a marine saline soil to study the effect of initial soluble Na/Ca ratio of saline soil on the salinity tolerance of barley plant.The results showed that (1) the Na/Ca ratio affected significantly the dry weight of the plant at an earlier stage of growth,the critical values of initial Na/Ca ratio at which the plant could grow normally on soils containing salts of 2.5,3.5 and 4.5g kg^-1 were 30,20 and 15,respectively;(2)smaller Na/Ca ratio resulted in a considerable decrease in Na accumulation but a great increase in K accumulation in the barley plant;and (3) the plasmallema of barley leaf were badly injured when the Na/Ca ratio was more than 30 and the increase of Na content of plant caused an exudation of K from the leaf cells.Some critical indexes were suggested for the cultivation of barley plant on marine saline soils and could be used as reference in the biological reclamation of marine saline soils.