The soil skeleton as a tool for disentangling pedogenetic history: a case study in Tuscany, central Italy

In this paper we show that the study of the soil skeleton (the >2mm fraction) can be useful for detecting the presence of paleosols and events that contributed to the development of the present soil mantle. We studied profiles at four sites, all formed on sandstone in Tuscany, central Italy. The...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Quaternary international 2001-01, Vol.78 (1), p.33-44
Main Authors: Corti, G, Agnelli, A, Certini, G, Ugolini, F.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:In this paper we show that the study of the soil skeleton (the >2mm fraction) can be useful for detecting the presence of paleosols and events that contributed to the development of the present soil mantle. We studied profiles at four sites, all formed on sandstone in Tuscany, central Italy. The bulk density, porosity, mineralogy, organic C, total NH4+-N and effective cation exchange capacity (ECEC) of the fine earth (
ISSN:1040-6182
1873-4553
DOI:10.1016/S1040-6182(00)00113-0