SOIL EVOLUTION IN RECENTLY DEPOSITED AEOLIAN SEDIMENTS IN THE SEMIARID. EFFECT OF VARIABLE THICKNESSES

Authors

  • Micaela Gisel Berger Becaria CONICET
  • Laura Antonela Iturri Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP, CONICET-UNLPam); Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
  • Daniel Eduardo Buschiazzo Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa (INCITAP, CONICET-UNLPam)

Keywords:

pedogenesis, organic carbon, semiarid, wind erosion

Abstract

Exist evidence that the Caldenal of the semiarid Pampas functions as a sink of aeolian sediments. These sediments accumulate on a layer of volcanic ash deposited in 1932, which allows to analyze the degree of soil evolution in a 90-year period. Therefore, some physical, chemical and morphological properties, from windward to leeward, of the superficial horizon (Ah) of a soil of a caldén forest, which evolves in those sediments, were evaluated. The results indicated that the evolution of the soil was incipient, although a tendency to develop better towards windward than leeward.

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07-07-2023

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Berger, M. G., Iturri, L. A., & Buschiazzo, D. E. (2023). SOIL EVOLUTION IN RECENTLY DEPOSITED AEOLIAN SEDIMENTS IN THE SEMIARID. EFFECT OF VARIABLE THICKNESSES. Ciencia Del Suelo, 41(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.suelos.org.ar/index.php/cds/article/view/769

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Vol. 41 No. 1 (2023)

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Génesis, Clasificación, Cartografía y Mineralogía de Suelos

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