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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 scales of soil?

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  • Global

- Local

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Global scale of soil

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  • soil is at the intersection of atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere
  • Soil is a biogeochemical membrane
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3
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Critical zone

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-comprised of the outer layers of the planet that lie between the tops of the tallest trees and the bottom of the groundwater aquifers that feed out rivers.

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Local scale of soil (for ideal soil system)

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  • 4 phase system
  • 20-30% air
  • 20-30% water
  • 5% organic
  • 45% mineral
  • pore space is air, water, organic
  • soil solids are minerals
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Ecosystem services of soil

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  • provisioning services (food, drinking water, fuel)
  • Regulating services (climate, water, disease)
  • Supporting services (soil formation, nutrient cycling)
  • Cultural services (educational, recreational, tourism)
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What forces move particles?

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Ice, wind, water

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7
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MASTER horizons

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  • O (organic horizons)
  • A, B, C, E (mineral horizons)
  • R (bedrock horizon)
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8
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Organic vs mineral soil

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-organic has >20% carbon

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Oi (stage 1)

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–litters

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Oe (O2)

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-partially decomposed

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Oa (O2)

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  • highly decomposed by microbiota

- AKA humus

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A (A1)

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-mixture of humified organic matter and mineral soil (topsoil)

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E (A2)

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  • eluviated leached horizon

- leached by water

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B (B2)

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  • altered, undergoing change
  • Illuviation
  • Loss of carbonates
  • Change in color or structure
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R

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-weathered bedrock

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16
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What is the regolith composed of?

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-Everything above the bedrock

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17
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What is the solum composed of?

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-A and B layer collectively

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18
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p

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-plow layer, abrupt smooth boundary

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19
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t

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-illuvial accumulation of silicate clays

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w

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-distinctive color or structure

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21
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g

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-gleying (strong grey color)

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22
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s

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-illuvial accumulation of sesquioxides

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23
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h

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-illuvial accumulation of organic matter

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24
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d

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-dense, impermeable (gegenic)

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x

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  • dense, brittle, impermeable (genetic)

- Bx

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26
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Topsoil

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-composed of organic horizons and the A horizon

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27
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subsoil

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-composed of B and C horizons

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28
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Catena

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  • soils that commonly occur in the landscape in sequence

- Each member of the catena has similar age, and parent material, but different drainage classes.

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29
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What is the point of reference for profile depth?

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-top mineral soil horizon

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30
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Very poorly drained depth to mottliing

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-0-4 inches

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31
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Poorly drained depth to mottling

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4-8 inches

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32
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Somewhat poorly drained depth to mottling

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8-16 inches

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33
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moderatley well drained depth to mottling

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16-40 inches

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34
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well drained depth to mottling

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> 40 inches

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35
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differences between reduced mottling and oxidized mottling

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  • oxidized in red, yellow, and bright (Fe +3)

- Reduced is grey, gley, and dull (Fe +2)

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36
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Esker

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  • coarse sands/gravel throughout

- Excessively well drained

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37
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Soil color–munsell notation

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  • Hue, relation to red, yellow, green, blue, purple
  • Value- lightness (10 white, 1 black)
  • Chroma - departure from neutral of the same lightness
  • describes location in 3D color space, written as hue value/ chroma (1.5yr/4)
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38
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Soil profile horizon description (components)

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  • color
  • horizon boundary
  • coarse fragments
  • depth to mottling, root restrictive layer
  • roots (size and abundance)
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39
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What has an influence on soil drainage class

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-landscape shape, position, slope, and topography

40
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Size class of roots

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  • very fine (<1mm)
  • fine (1 - 2mm)
  • Medium (2 - 5mm)
  • Coarse (5 to 10mm)
  • very coarse (>10mm)
41
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Root abundance

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-few <1
-Common 1 to 5
Many greater than or equal to 5

42
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what contributed to the fall of Mayans

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  • Overpopulation
  • soil degradation
  • competition among villages for resources
43
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Anthopogenic disturbance of the NE landscape

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  • 1740, clearing of land for homesteads
  • 1830, height of cultivation
  • 1850, beginning of land abandonment
44
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Alluvial (fluvial)

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  • deposited by streams

- particles are coarse, bigger

45
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-Lacustrine

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  • deposited by lakes
  • variable size, size of particles depends on the speed of the water
  • means glacial lake
46
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Till

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  • angular shape, not rounded
  • deposited by ice
  • Basal - crushed at bottom where ice melts, impermeable at water, dense
  • Ablation - ice with a lot of stuff in it, loose
47
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Marine

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  • deposited by the ocean
  • texture depends on the source
  • east coast is coarse texture
48
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Outwash

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-coarse texture, moves in water, becomes smooth and rounded

49
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Deposited by WATER (stratified)

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  • outwash
  • Marine
  • Alluvial
  • Lacustrine
50
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Deposited by ICE

51
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5 factors of Jennys state model for soil formation

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  • climate
  • time
  • organisms
  • parent material
  • topography
52
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Jennys state model CLIMATE

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  • active
  • temperature, when the temp is warmer, the soil will form quicker
  • effective precipitation
53
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Jennys state model ORGANISMS

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  • active
  • plants
  • breaking down organic matter and adding nutrients to soil
  • organisms mound, mix, form and fill voids, and form/destroy peds
54
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Jennys state model PARENT MATERIAL

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  • determines how the soil will form as well as the texture

- passive

55
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Jennys state model TOPOGRAPHY

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  • the slope and aspect of the land greatly influence how the soil develops
  • passive
56
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Jennys state model TIME

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  • soils need time to develop, so a longer time frame leaves more time to develop a soil profile
  • passive
57
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Material depeosited by wind

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-Eolian or Aeolian

58
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What are the 3 most common elements in earth crust?

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-Al, Si, O

59
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Backslope

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-WD and MWD till

60
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Footslope

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-SPD and PD till

61
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Toe Slope

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VPD, organic soil

62
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Mineral

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-specific chemical composition and specific arragement

63
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Primary minerals

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  • have not been altered since deposition (quartz, olive)

- silicate materials

64
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Secondary minerals

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  • have been altered/weathered (clay)

- silicate clay materials

65
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Igneous rocks

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cooling of magma

66
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sedimentary rocks

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collection of particles that solidify under pressure

67
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metamorphic rocks

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mix of igneous/sedimentary, heat and pressure applied overtime

68
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Mull

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-thick A horizon, very thin litter layer

69
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Duff mull

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-thick litter horizon, moderatley thick A horizon followed by E

70
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MOR

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-thick litter horizon with small A, E horizons, mostly composed of bedrock

71
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_____ has greatest potential for high vegetative productivity

72
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Coarse grained rocks weather to

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-coarse (sandy) textured soils

73
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Limestone, marble weather to

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-medium textured soil (silt, loamy)

74
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Shale, slate weather to

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-fine (clay) textured soil

75
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Earth’s crust + weathering agents =

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parent material

-Weathering of earths crust creates parent material

76
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soil parent material + weathering agents =

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soil

-weathering of parent material creates soil

77
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Soil formation, Process model

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  • Transformation
  • Translocation
  • Addition
  • Loss of material
78
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Transformation in process model

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  • mineral weathering and organic matter breakdown

- destruction, modification, synthesis

79
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Translocation in process model

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  • transloaction of organic and inorganic material

- occurs in 3 dimension

80
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Addition in process model

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-addition of soil materials from the outside soil profile

81
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Two types of mineral weathering

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  • Disintegration (physical)

- Biogeochemical weathering

82
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Physical weathering

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  • temperature (can break things apart)
  • Ablation (water, ice, wind)
  • plants and animals (roots splitting sidewalks)
83
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Biogeochemical weathering

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  • Hydration (water molecules are incorporated into structure)
  • Hydrolosis (splitting of water)
  • Dissolution (decomposition of ions)
  • Redox (exchanging of electrons)
  • Complexation (adding organic molecules)
  • Acid/base (changing pH of structure)
84
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Podzolization

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  • Precip>PET
  • cool, moist temp
  • Soil order : spodosol
  • E, Bs horizons
85
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Laterization

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  • Precip>PET
  • desilication, low Si
  • hot, moist temp
  • Ap, Bo horizons
  • Oxisol soil order
86
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Calcification

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  • Calcium accumulates

- precip

87
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Gleization

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  • anerobic, gleyed horizon

- reduced iron

88
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In arid regions, which weathering process is expected to dominate?

89
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Soil texture

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-relative proportion of primary particles (sand, silt, clay)

90
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Larger particles are called

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  • Sand
  • 2 - 0.05mm
  • irregular size and shape
  • primarily quartz
91
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Particles >2mm are

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-rocks, coarse fragments

92
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-smaller particals are called

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-clay, diameter < .002mm

93
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medium size particles are called

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  • silt
  • .05-.0002mm
  • irregular size and shape
94
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Sandy soils characteristics

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  • low water holding capacity, organic matter, and compaction potential
  • susceptible to wind erosion
  • resist water erosion
  • rapid drainage, well aerated
95
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Silty soils characteristics

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  • medium water holding capacity, organic matter, and fertility
  • very susceptible to wind and water erosion
  • moderate aeration
96
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wind blown silt deposits are

97
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clay soils characteristics

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  • slow drainage, poor aeration

- high water holding capactiy, organic matter, fertility

Soils (3 decks)

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