Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins
The paper presents the characteristics of selected physical, chemical, and water properties of four mineral arable soils characterized with heavy and very heavy texture. Soil samples from genetic horizons of black earths from areas near Kętrzyn, Gniew and Kujawy, and alluvial soils from Żuławy were...
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doaj-147fa9b1502c4c67ae415e17b4dc2c732020-11-24T21:47:44ZengSciendoSoil Science Annual2300-49752015-12-0166419119710.1515/ssa-2015-0036ssa-2015-0036Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various originsKaczmarek Zbigniew0Gajewski Piotr1Mocek Andrzej2Owczarzak Wojciech3Glina Bartłomiej4Poznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Szydłowska 50 Str., 60-656 Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Szydłowska 50 Str., 60-656 Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Szydłowska 50 Str., 60-656 Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Szydłowska 50 Str., 60-656 Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Land Protection, Szydłowska 50 Str., 60-656 Poznań, PolandThe paper presents the characteristics of selected physical, chemical, and water properties of four mineral arable soils characterized with heavy and very heavy texture. Soil samples from genetic horizons of black earths from areas near Kętrzyn, Gniew and Kujawy, and alluvial soils from Żuławy were used. The following properties were determined in the samples of undisturbed and disturbed structure: texture, particle density, bulk density, porosity, natural and hygroscopic moistures, maximal hygroscopic capacity, saturated hydraulic conductivity, potential of water bonding in soil, total and readily available water, total retention in the horizon of 0–50 cm, drainage porosity, content of organic carbon and total nitrogen Parent rocks of these soils were clays, silts and loams of various origin. High content of clay fraction strongly influenced the values of all the analyzed properties. All the examined soils had high content of organic carbon and total nitrogen and reaction close to neutral or alkaline. High content of mineral and organic colloids and, what follows, beneficial state of top horizons’ structure, determined – apart from heavy texture – low soil bulk density and high porosity. The investigated soils were characterized by high field water capacity and wide scopes of total and readily available water. The saturated hydraulic conductivity was low and characteristic to heavy mineral arable soils. The parameter which influenced the variability of analyzed parameters most was texture.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ssa.2015.66.issue-4/ssa-2015-0036/ssa-2015-0036.xml?format=INTheavy soilstexturedensityretention |
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Kaczmarek Zbigniew Gajewski Piotr Mocek Andrzej Owczarzak Wojciech Glina Bartłomiej Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins Soil Science Annual heavy soils texture density retention |
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Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins |
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Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins |
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Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins |
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Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins |
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Physical and water properties of selected Polish heavy soils of various origins |
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physical and water properties of selected polish heavy soils of various origins |
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Soil Science Annual |
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2300-4975 |
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The paper presents the characteristics of selected physical, chemical, and water properties of four mineral arable soils characterized with heavy and very heavy texture. Soil samples from genetic horizons of black earths from areas near Kętrzyn, Gniew and Kujawy, and alluvial soils from Żuławy were used. The following properties were determined in the samples of undisturbed and disturbed structure: texture, particle density, bulk density, porosity, natural and hygroscopic moistures, maximal hygroscopic capacity, saturated hydraulic conductivity, potential of water bonding in soil, total and readily available water, total retention in the horizon of 0–50 cm, drainage porosity, content of organic carbon and total nitrogen Parent rocks of these soils were clays, silts and loams of various origin. High content of clay fraction strongly influenced the values of all the analyzed properties. All the examined soils had high content of organic carbon and total nitrogen and reaction close to neutral or alkaline. High content of mineral and organic colloids and, what follows, beneficial state of top horizons’ structure, determined – apart from heavy texture – low soil bulk density and high porosity. The investigated soils were characterized by high field water capacity and wide scopes of total and readily available water. The saturated hydraulic conductivity was low and characteristic to heavy mineral arable soils. The parameter which influenced the variability of analyzed parameters most was texture. |
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