中国的火山灰土

中国火山灰土的分布面积甚小,大致可分为蒙古高原、西藏高原及太平洋三个区,本文对中国海南岛的雷虎、云南的腾冲、黑龙江的德都及辽宁的长白山四地区火山灰土的发生特性及分类问题进行初步讨论。1.火山灰母质大多为火山灰,地形为台地、土层浅薄,色呈棕黑,土体含玻璃碎屑,粉砂中含有斜长石、辉石等可风化矿物。土壤容重小,孔隙度与持水能力高,毛管持水量接近饱和水含量。土壤呈微酸至中性,代换性Ca⁺⁺及全磷、全钾含量甚高。2.火山灰土土体全量组成中CaO、MgO、Na₂O、TiO₂含量甚高,CaO含量几乎与母质含量相当。土壤微量元素以Ni、V与Zn为主,并随母质到土层有所增加。粘土矿物为硅酸盐非晶物质,以水铝英石为主。3.由于受不同的自然条件与发育年龄影响,火山灰土除具有上述共同特性外,它们之间,在有机质含量及酸度,铁与铝的富集度及土壤淋溶强度等方面均有所差别,这些差别正是火山灰土不同发育程度的反映。4.按研究结果,初步提出将中国火山灰土列入初育土土纲,并按其发育程度分为粗骨性火山灰土(D-117,T-8),轻度发育火山灰土(C-10,T-3)及中度发育火山灰土(R-4)。     

MICROMORPHOLOGY OF SOILS DEVELOPED FROM VOLCANIC ASH AND RIVER ALLUVIUM IN THE KOKODA VALLEY, NORTHERN DISTRICT, PAPUA

Soils found on fan surfaces in the Kokoda Valley are derived from both volcanic ash and river alluvium. The alluvium is variable, some of it being mixed with volcanic ash. The main differences in the micromorphology of the soils appear to be related to the relative amounts of volcanic ash present in the soil profile. The plasma of soils formed on volcanic ash is isotropic in thin section. The plasma of alluvial soils exhibits increasing birefringence with decreasing amounts of volcanic ash. It is suggested that random structures in the clay fraction of the volcanic ash may account for its isotropic nature.     

The influence of quaternary uplift on the altitude zonation of mountain soils on diabase and volcanic ash in humid parts of the Colombian andes

Results are being presented of a pedogeographic study covering a humid tropical mountaneous region (1000 – 4000m) around Cali, Colombia. The country rock is diabase, the parent material volcanis ash, ferrallitic and fersiallitic weathering products of the diabase and their respective mixtures in slope sediments Stratigraphic and mineralogical studies of these slope sediments revealed a depositional sequence which could be related to climatically and ash induced phases of geomorphic activity for which radiocarbon ages of the ash sedimentation provided a chronological frame.The submontane and lower montane zones are characterized by extensive deep alterites and old piedmont sediments which were preserved on plateaus and benches during the geologically young uplift. Their clayey ferrallitic material strongly influences the character and zonation of soils though the widespread admixture of allophanic material keeps most of the soils outside the OxisolsThe soils above 1000 m altitude are humic, acid and cryptopodzolic (Humox, Humitropept, Dystrandept, above 3200 m Cryumbrept and Cryandept). Humus accumulation and acidification increase with altitude. Allophane increases the humus content, reduces the exchangeable aluminium and favours non-crystalline (as against gibbsitic) aluminum accumulation in the subsoil. Free iron oxide tends to crystallize or recrystallize as goethite. Its translocation occurs only in conjunction with hydromorphism. The Holocene soils are compared with Middle Pleniglacial paleosols, mainly Placaquepts, and their differences in pedogenesis and environment are discussed.     

Indicative properties of fly‐ash affected forest soils in Northeastern Germany

Many forest ecosystems in Germany are strongly influenced by emissions of pollutants like SO₂ and alkaline dusts. To quantify and evaluate the consequences of long‐term fly ash deposition on forest soils, a study was conducted in pine stands (Pinus sylvestris) in the Dübener Heide in Northeastern Germany. This forest area has been influenced mainly by emissions from coal‐fired power plants and the chemical industry of the industrial region Bitterfeld‐Wolfen‐Zschornewitz since the early 1900. The study sites are located along a fly ash deposition gradient of 8, 16, 14, 18, and 25 km away from the main emission source in Bitterfeld (sites 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively). Samples of the organic horizons (Oi, Oe, and Oa) and mineral topsoil (0—10 cm) were taken in fall 1998 and analyzed for their ferromagnetic susceptibility and total ash content. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X‐ray microanalysis (EDX) were performed on selected samples to differentiate between the pedogenic and atmospheric origin of the mineral components in the organic horizons. As a result of the long‐term deposition, ferromagnetic fly ash components are mainly accumulated in the Oe and Oa horizons of the forest soils studied. Ferromagnetic susceptibility was significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) in the Oe horizon of sites 1 and 2 compared to sites 3, 4, and 5. Unusually high total ash contents for organic horizons of > 74 % were determined in the Oa at all sites. SEM revealed 3 distinct features of persistent fly ash deposits from coal‐fired power plants within the organic horizons that can be defined as ”︁stable glasses” with magnetic properties, aluminum‐silicate‐minerals, and slag fragments. SEM and EDX indicated that a great portion of the mineral particles found in the organic horizons of forests soils influenced by fly ash are from atmospheric sources. For detection of atmospheric lignite‐derived deposition into forest soils, the Oe and Oa horizons have to be considered as specific diagnostic horizons because they show indicative properties for such soils.     

Evaluation of fly ash as a soil amendment for the Atlantic Coastal Plain: II. Soil chemical properties and crop growth

Crop yields in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the U.S.A. are limited by the low moisture-holding capacities of the sandy soils common to the region. Corn was grown in a Hammonton loamy sand soil amended with fly ash (0, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40%) to determine if the ash rates required to improve soil moisture holding capacity would adversely affect plant growth, or soil and plant levels of nutrients and heavy metals. Fly ash increased soil test levels of P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu, Zn, B, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb. Nutrient concentrations in plants grown in the ash-amended soils, except P, Mn, and B, remained within established sufficiency ranges. The 20 and 40% ash rates increased soil soluble salt (EC) levels from 0.2 to 1.1–1.5 and 1.7–2.1 mmho cm^?1, soil pH from 5.6 to 6.0–6.4 or 6.3–6.9, and extractable B from 0.2 to 2.2–5.9 and 2.2–9.0 mg kg^?1. Fly ash reduced corn germination, delayed seedling emergence, and reduced root and shoot dry weights. Plant B concentrations at the 40% ash rate were in the phytotoxic range (136–189 mg kg^?1). Management practices that allow for pre-leaching of B and soluble salts will likely be required to attain satisfactory corn growth in ash-amended soils.     

Use of earthworms Eisenia andrei on the bioremediation of contaminated area in north of Tunisia and microbial soil enzymes as bioindicator of change on heavy metals speciation

Purpose

A better understanding is required of the potential of soil biota in controlling the availability and mobility of heavy metals and ascertaining their toxicity. The objectives of this work are to assess, first, the modification of heavy metal speciation induced by earthworms Eisenia andrei and, second, the consequence of this metal speciation change on soil enzyme activities as an easy bioindicator of stress.

Materials and methods

The experiment was conducted on six sites from Jebel Ressas Mines, which are characterized by a gradient heavy metal contamination (Pb, Zn, and Cd). Earthworms E. andrei were introduced in these six soils for 60 days. We had performed heavy metal speciation both in the presence and absence of worms. Modifications of activities of seven enzymes implicated in C, N, and P biochemical cycles were used as a bioindicator of metal stress. We had used the co-inertia statistical method to evaluate the correlation between change in heavy metal speciation induced by earthworms and the enzyme activities in soils.

Results and discussion

Our results suggested that earthworms modified the heavy metal dynamic and speciation. They decrease the amount of metal associated with the most available fraction, such as exchangeable one, and increase the amount of metal bound to the more stable fraction, like Mn and Fe oxide ones. On the same hand, enzyme activities increased in majority of the soils, following earthworm activity, but this effect is dependent on the amount of soil contamination. Moreover, the co-inertia results denote that change in heavy metal speciation significantly influences the soil enzyme activities in Jebel Ressas soils, especially β-glucosidase, urease, deshydrogenase, and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis (FDA), and can be considered as bioindicators of metal toxicity and biological quality in the contaminated area.

Conclusions

By reducing the availability of heavy metals, the earthworms are useful in the bioremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils. Soil enzymes β- glucosidase, urease, deshydrogenase, and FDA can be used to assess the changes in metal speciation and can let us, therefore, predict if the soils are bioremediated.

     

The influence of straw ash on some soil properties that can affect herbicide performance

During autumn 1982, soil samples were collected from 15 winter cereal fields in central and southern England. The soils either contained ash resulting from the burning of straw in the field or were ash free. Ash containing soils had much higher adsorption levels (measured as Kd values for chlortoluron) than ash-free soils. There were smaller differences in organic matter, pH and nutrient content between the 2 soil groups. There was a better correlation between adsorption and organic matter content for ash-free soils than for soils containing ash. The ratio of adsorption level to organic matter content for ash soils was almost twice that for ash-free soils. It was concluded that ash can make a substantial contribution to herbicide adsorption on minimally cultivated soils and that this could affect herbicide performance. In a tillage experiment where ploughing was followed by direct drilling, adsorption levels increased much more rapidly than organic matter.     

Evaluation of Cocomposted Coal Fly Ash on Dynamics of Microbial Populations and Heavy Metal Uptake

Vicia faba, in a pot experiment with sandy and clayey soils under greenhouse conditions, was checked for growth response to different amendments with coal alkaline fly ash or cocomposted fly ash mixed with lignocellulosic residues. Soil microbial populations, pH and electrical conductivity as well as heavy metal uptake by plants were monitored. At rates of five and ten percent (on a dry matter basis) in both soils, neither fly ash alone nor cocomposted fly ash exerted any negative effect. Plant biomass production was not influenced in either clayey or sandy soil. Alkaline fly ash did not promote microbial growth when applied alone to the soils. However, cocomposted fly ash generally increased bacterial and actinomycetes counts in both soils. Fungi were not affected by ash. Due to the increase of soil pH by alkaline fly ash or cocomposted fly ash, plant uptake of heavy metals was depressed in the sandy soil. Heavy metal mobility did not cause change in the clayey soil where a high buffering capacity mitigated the effects of fly ash amendments.     

Some factors affecting behaviour of boron in soil

It has been reported by many workers that various soil properties influence the retention of boron added to soils, but there is little infomration on the relative importance of these properties to boron retention and there is something controversial in the published results regarding the effects of different soil properties such as organic matter content, soil reaction, available calcium content and texture on boron retention (15). The present study was undertaken to obtain more detailed informations on the relationships between boron adsorption and different properties of soils, and on comparative contribution of soil constituents such as organic matter, sesquioxides and inorganic colloids to boron adsorption of soils. In Japan, boron deficiency symptoms of crops often appear in the fields of volcanic ash soils, and many experiments on boron application have been conducted to amend the boron deficiencies of the soils. It is considered that volcanic ash soils may have special characteristics concerning boron retention in comparison with nonvolcanic ash soils. In the present study, therefore, some volcanic ash soils were also taken as samples in addition to non-volcanic ash soils to confirm their speciality to boron retention.     

Calcium requirements for peanuts

Abstract

Surface soils from ten soil series representing five great groups were collected from Alaska. These soils were selected from the important agricultural areas covering a wide geographic distribution. These soils can be divided into two distinct groups based on their parent material: loess and volcanic ash. Phosphorus sorption maxima were calculated based on the Langmuir isotherms. The volcanic ash soils (Cryandept and Cryorthods) showed an average P‐sorption maxima of 10,122 mg/kg and loess soils averaged 3,934 mg/kg. Both groups have similar portions of phosphorus in the organic form (19%) and occluded form (8 to 9%). The nonoccluded‐P in the volcanic ash soils and the loess soils was 68% and 43% respectively, and the Calcium‐P was 4% and 29% respectively.

Regression analysis indicated that aluminum and iron are primarily responsible for P‐sorption. The dithionite extractable Al is responsible for P‐sorption in volcanic ash soils, while oxalate extractable Al is responsible for P‐sorption in loess soils. Dithionite and oxalate extractable Fe probably play a secondary role in P‐sorption. The sorption isotherm, regression analysis and the P‐fractionation data provide the agronomist with useful information to estimate P requirement of newly cleared soils.     

On the nature of fresh volcanic ashes as parent material ejected from the Sakurajima and Aso volcanoes

There are few pedological studies in Japan of fresh volcanic ash. Fundamental information of the material from which Japanese volcanic-ash soils have developed, is of importance to obtain a better understanding of pedogenesis of such soils. The present paper deals with the mechanical. mmeralogical, and chemical characteristics of fresh ash ejected from the Sakurajima and Aso volcanoes which are among the most active in Japan.     

Crystalline clay minerals of the soils derived from recent volcanic ashes in Hokkaido,Japan

For the past ten years much work has been carried out on clay minerals of volcanic ash soils. Most investigators have reported that allophane is dominant among clay minerals of volcanic ash soils and crystallizes to halloysite or meta-halloysite with the advance of weathering (1–8). On the other hand, UCHIYAMA, MASUI and ONIKURA (1960) found that montmorillonite predominates in the clay fraction of volcanic ash soil in Kawatabi (9). Furthermore, MASUI, SHOJI and UCHIYAMA (1966) showed that the major crystalline clay minerals of volcanic ash soils in the Tohoku district are montmorillonite, vermiculite, intergradient montmorillonite-vermiculite and chlorite (10). They also showed that these minerals increase with the advance of weathering and that kaolin minerals are minor constituents.     

粉煤灰堆场附近农田土壤硒环境污染评价

对贞观山煤灰库附近农田土壤、土壤剖面、灌溉水、母岩以及稻米,蔬菜等农作物中Se含量特征及污染现状进行了系统分析与评价.结果显示:煤灰库周围的农田土壤Se含量范围为0.15～6.12mg/kg,受到不同程度污染.土壤Se含量空间分布特征表明.离煤灰库越近的农田土壤Se污染越严重.农田土壤Se污染主要是由Se含量超标地表水灌溉以及煤灰库的长期处置所引起的,受母岩的影响不大.研究区稻米Se含量较高,为0.04～1.12mg/kg,部分稻米样品Se含量超标严重,并且受土壤Se污染影响明显.长期食用Se含量超标大米对人体健康会产生潜在危害.     

Spatial variation of peat soil properties in the oil-producing region of northeastern Sakhalin

Morphology and properties of medium-deep oligotrophic peat, oligotrophic peat gley, pyrogenic oligotrophic peat gley, and peat gley soils on subshrub-cotton grass-sphagnum bogs and in swampy larch forests of northeastern Sakhalin have been studied. Variation in the thickness and reserves of litters in the studied bog and forest biogeocenoses has been analyzed. The profile distribution and spatial variability of moisture, density, ash, and pH_KCl in separate groups of peat soils have been described. The content and spatial variability of petroleum hydrocarbons have been considered in relation to the accumulation of natural bitumoids by peat soils and the technogenic pressing in the oil-producing region. Variation of each parameter at different distances (10, 50, and 1000 m) has been estimated using a hierarchical sampling scheme. The spatial conjugation of soil parameters has been studied by factor analysis using the principal components method and Spearman correlation coefficients. Regression equations have been proposed to describe relationships of ash content with soil density and content of petroleum hydrocarbons in peat horizons.     

Die Bestimmung der Konsistenzgrenzen an einigen Vulkanaschenböden aus Südchile

The consistency limits of some volcanic ash soils of south Chile. Consistency limits of 15 different soils with high volcanic ash contents, located in Southern Chile, were tested by means of the DIN-18.122 procedure and the liquid limit also by the cone penetrometer method. The liquid limit of holocenic volcanic ash soils is profoundly influenced by carbon content, and the plastic limit by exchangeable cation capacity and carbon content. In pleistocenic volcanic ash soils, the liquid limit is determined by silt and carbon contents, the plastic limit by carbon content and the plasticity index only by clay content. No significant correlation was found between the Casagrande method and that of the cone penetrometer.     

THE MONOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION OF POLYSACCHARIDES IN ANDO SOILS

The monosaccharide composition of Ando soils, which originate from volcanic ash and have high organic matter content (8–21% carbon), was quite different from that of non-volcanic ash soils (1.2–1.9% carbon), being richer in mannose, fucose and ribose, whereas there was less glucose in cellulose-like form, arabinose, xylose and rhamnose. The Ando soils were also characterized by a lower percentage of organic carbon in the form of saccharide (4.4–7.4%) in comparison with non-volcanic ash soils (10.5%), though the former soils contain a greater amount of saccharides. The monosaccharide composition of Ando soils was unrelated to the vegetation, land usage, or climatic conditions, and is presumed to be a soil characteristic resulting from the preferential accumulation of microbial polysaccharides.     

Grade of weathering and fertility of volcanic ash soils of Aso volcano

Texture is one of the major criterions in soil classification, probably because it has a decisive influence on soil properties. This is particularly true for volcanic ash soils. Most ashes are largely composed of sand and silt particles with little clay (11, 15). The ash weathers very rapidly (1), and clay site particles less than 2 microns in diameter occur even within a few months, as shown by Ishii at the authors' laboratory. Those clay size particles produced in the early stage of weathering are slightly weathered ones (2), and are still subject to rapid weathering, losing bases and silica under humid and well drained conditions. In consequence the clay fraction of volcanic ash soils is composed of particles which vary in degree of weathering from slightly altered glass and feldspar to true clay mineraloids and minerals. The clay fraction of younger soils as a whole is less and that of older ones is more weathered. Weathering brings a remarkable change in the properties of volcanic ash soils; for example, an inerease in soil acidity, lowering of base saturation and bulk density, or accumlation of organic matter. These changes must exert a great influence on soil fertility directly or indirectly.     

贵州喀斯特山区花椒林小生境类型与土壤环境因子的关系

以贵州西南部典型喀斯特山区花椒林下不同小生境类型为研究对象,系统地研究了小生境类别与土壤环境因子的对应关系,结果表明：与一般土壤相比,石坑和石沟小生境土壤有机碳、活性有机碳、全氮、碱解氮和基质底物诱导呼吸量增加明显,并体现出良好的正向累积效应,而石洞、石缝和石槽则相反;土壤活性有机碳占总有机碳比例变幅范围在12．61％-15．73％之间,以石槽最高,石沟次之,一般土壤最低;不同小生境类型下,土壤团聚体均以大团聚体为主,〈0．25mm粒级团聚体含量极为低下,不足5％。通径分析结果显示,影响基质诱导呼吸作用最重要的因素是土壤有机碳含量,土壤活性有机碳含量次之,其通径系数分别可达1．530和0．869。总体上,花椒林下小生境可划分沟坑型、一般土及槽缝型三类,与槽缝型相比,沟坑型生境类型土壤有机碳、底物诱导呼吸、全氮、碱解氮、活性有机碳分别可高出73．38％、110．26％、37．01％、44．44％和59．73％。沟坑型小生境对喀斯特山区生态恢复及农业生产的可持续发展具有一定现实意义。     

Designer compost with biomass ashes for ameliorating acid tropical soils: Effects on the soil microbiota

In a greenhouse study we investigated the potential of wood ash amended composts to ameliorate acid tropical soils. Three composts (produced with 0%, 8% and 16% wood ash admixture, respectively), and two acid tropical soils, an Oxisol and an Ultisol from Cameroon were used for that purpose. In this paper we report the effects on the soil microbiota at the end of the cropping cycle (100 days soybean plus 100 days fallow). Principal coordinate analysis of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis patterns of ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) indicated that they were stimulated by addition of compost. AOB communities of the compost treated soils differed from the control ones, and no significant differences among the different composts were found in both soils. Soil type clearly influenced the AOB community. Ester-linked phospholipid fatty acids increased in compost treated soils, up to an ash amendment of 8%. The ratio of cyclopropyl-to-monoenoic precursor (cy19:0 to 18:1ω7), which has been proposed as an indicator of stress conditions, decreased upon compost addition and did not differ among the treated soils. Community level physiological profiling indicated an increase in activities after addition of compost, the effect was most distinct for the compost with 16% ash.Based on these results, compost with moderate dose of wood ash is considered beneficial to the soil microbiota and could thus be used for ameliorating tropical acid soils.     

淮南粉煤灰处置场周围土壤中若干金属污染调查

通过系统采集高皇和上窑两个贮灰场周围土壤样品,采用ICP-AES分析方法,调查土壤中若干金属元素(Cd、Cr、Cu、Mn、Ni、Pb、Zn)含量,评价淮南市三大热电厂大体积粉煤灰长期处置导致土壤金属污染状况。结果表明:这些元素在土壤中表现积累性富集,Cu、Cd、Cr具有相对高的迁移性。但土壤金属含量除Cu外,均没有超过国家土壤一级质量标准,土壤属无污染或轻微污染类型。因此,有效处置管理措施能够控制淮南粉煤灰中有害金属的环境影响。