On soil genesis in temperate humid climate. VIII. The formation of a "udalfic" eutrochrepi.

Abstract

The active soil-forming processes occurring in a Holocene alluvial deposit were: the formation, along voids, of illuvial cutans consisting of clay minerals, Fe oxide and fine matric components (matriferriargillans), differential movement of clay minerals, kaolinite being most mobile; partial transformation of smectites into kandites; disturbance of cutans by biological activity resulting in the formation of papules; redox processes leading to the formation of micro-segregation of Fe oxide. The difference in character and location of matriferriargillans and ferriargillans is discussed. The former are thought to have been synthesized in the Holocene period and the latter in Pleistocene times. The soil is classifiable as a dystric eutrochrept, but as plasma movement generally occurs only in "dystric" (decalcified) material, the soil could be classified as a "udalfic" eutrochrept. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)