Luvisols or Cambisols? Micromorphological study of soil truncation in young morainic landscapes — Case study: Brodnica and Chełmno Lake Districts (North Poland)

Świtoniak, Marcin; Mroczek, Przemysław; Bednarek, Renata

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2014.09.005

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“…In Profile 1 the whole Bt horizon was incorporated into plough layer while in the Profile 3 only the lowest part of illuvial zone (8 cm) was not transformed by ploughing. Previous investigations demonstrated that the lack of eluvial horizons between Ap and Bt and exposition of Bt horizons on soil surfaces is the result of soil truncation [3,12,21,24,42,43,49,58]. the erosional alteration of Luvisols which led to the formation of A-B-C pedons was also identified in the erosion-vulnerable loess areas of Poland [11,23,39,40,46].…”

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“…Because of high base status in the illuvial horizons (high ph values) and high activity of the clay fraction they were classified as Luvisols [20]. Widespread occurrence of Luvisols developed from glacial deposits was also described in other young morainic regions of Poland [9,10,24,29,43,56,57,58]. this type of soils has also been marked on detailed (1: 5 000) soil-agricultural maps of the described area.…”

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“…the strongest erosional disturbances occur in regard to arable soils developed on ground moraine deposits in hummocky moraine plateau landscapes [56,58]. Surface soil horizon truncation occurs on upper parts of slopes.…”

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The Influence of Human-induced Erosion on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Vineyards of Fordon Valley

Świtoniak¹,

Dąbrowski²,

Łyszkiewicz³

2016

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Abstract. the aim of this paper has been to define the influence of accelerated erosion on basic properties and the SOM stocks of soils within vineyards located on western slopes of the Lower Vistula Valley. the study was conducted within four vineyards situated 30 km north-east from Bydgoszcz. During the field work 44 auger holes were made. On the basis of results of drilling, eight places for soil pits were selected. the study sites were characterised by considerable diversity of soil cover. the SOM stocks in studied profiles ranged from 2,98 to 63,9 kg m -2 . the upper parts of the Lower Vistula Valley slopes were dominated by Luvisols developed from glacial tills. Pedons located in toe and foot slope positions represented Chernozems and Phaeozems developed from layered fluvial sediments. the translocation of soil was caused by accelerated erosion that heightened differentiation in the primeval SOM stocks. Although, the Luvisols were truncated in result of accelerated erosion, they were not significantly depleted in organic matter stocks. Most Chernozems and Phaeozems located in toe and foot slope positions were enhanced in SOM stocks due to accumulation of humus colluvial material on their surface. the short period of existence of vineyards makes it impossible to determine the impact of grass roots decay on carbon content in surface soil horizons between rows of vine.

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The Influence of Human-induced Erosion on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Vineyards of Fordon Valley

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Dąbrowski²,

Łyszkiewicz³

2016

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“…Sig nif i cant ac cu mu la tion of or ganic mat ter may act as the second fac tor re spon si ble for acid i fi ca tion . Neu tral and slightly al ka line re ac tions (pro file D) can be accounted for by the in flow of ma te rial from the zone with the most se vere ero sion pro cesses, where car bon ate-rich, par ent rock soils are ex posed (OEwitoniak, 2014;OEwitoniak et al, 2016). The ef fect of soil lim ing as so ci ated with af for es ta tion of this part of the drain age ba sin also can not be ex cluded.…”

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The impact of postglacial palaeoenvironmental changes on the properties of sediments in the kettle hole at the site of Jurki (NE Poland)

Karasiewicz

Hulisz

Noryśkiewicz

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This re search is fo cused on a small ket tle hole lo cated within the Mor¹g mo raines (I³awa Lake Dis trict, NE Po land). The study ob jec tive was to de ter mine the im pact of palaeoenvironmental changes on prop er ties of sed i ments fill ing the bot tom of the ket tle hole. Sedimentological, geo chem i cal, and palaeobotanical stud ies en abled us to dis tin guish sev eral de vel op ment phases of the ket tle hole, and clus ter anal y sis per formed on physicochemical data yielded seven lo cal geo chem i cal zones (Ju I/I to Ju I/VII ). The be gin ning of biogenic sed i men ta tion in the con di tions of a small wa ter body, func tion ing in the Late Gla cial pe riod (4.20-4.10 m), was de ter mined on the ba sis of palaeobotanical re search. Sed i ments de pos ited in the lake dur ing its fur ther evo lu tion were rich in microelements such as Ca, Na, Mg, and K, and to a smaller ex tent -Fe and Mn (Ju I/I-III lo cal geo chem i cal zones). The Late Gla cial lac us trine pe riod ended with the ac cu mu la tion of very silty, pol len-free gyttja, with a strati graphic hi a tus (Ju I/IV , 3.40-3.20 m). The sed i ments were en riched with SiO 2ter , which in di cates an in creased rate of slope ero sion, and con cre tions of Fe-Mn oc cur ring be low this layer (Ju III ) pro vide ev i dence for low er ing of the wa ter level and even des ic ca tion. In the Ho lo cene, the lac us trine pe riod ended with the ac cu mu la tion of coarse de tri tal gyttja (3.20-2.60 m). Palaeobotanical data in di cate that the next group of sed i ments were de pos ited in the Late Subboreal and Subatlantic pe ri ods (2.60-0.0 cm, Ju I/V-VII ; sedge peat). Their prop er ties were var ied and re lated to hydrologic con di tions, lim ited de nu da tion, and veg e ta tion suc ces sion. There was also a sig nif i cant change in the trophic con di tions of the wa ter and con se quently in the sed i ments of the ket tle hole, which changed dur ing the lac us trine pe riod from ba sic to acid, and strongly acid in the surface layer. This re ac tion may be re lated to a change in the wa ter re gime as well as to hu man im pact in the en vi ron ment, which led to the col o ni za tion of the peat bog by Sphag num moss.Key words: young gla cial land scape, ket tle hole, end mo raines, geo chem i cal anal y sis, biogenic de pos its.

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“…The disappearance of eluvial zone and lack of vertical texture-contrast in these soils is a consequence of soil truncation (Kobierski 2013, Podlasiñski 2013. Soil-agricultural maps of test plots The usefulness of soil-agricultural maps to identify classes of soil truncation OEwitoniak et al 2016). Apart from the loamy material, in few places, coarse sandy (loose sands and weakly loamy sands) deposits occur.…”

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The usefulness of soil-agricultural maps to identify classes of soil truncation

Pindral¹,

Świtoniak²

2017

Soil Science Annual

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Soil erosion led to the severe transformations of the soil cover of young morainic areas of northern Poland. Main alterations are connected with soil truncation on summits and in upper part of slopes, whereas at foot slopes and within depressions colluvial material is accumulated. Information and knowledge about the extent or intensity of erosion are mainly derived from sophisticated geospatial models or laborious field works. To reduce the effort associated with development of studies on erosion the use of easily available cartographic sources is required. The main aim of the paper is an elaboration of key to reinterpret information taken from soil-agricultural maps in the context of determining the degree of pedons truncation. The study is based on a comparison of the properties of soils representing various classes of erosional alterations with the data on existing maps. The correlation between descriptions recorded in the form of cartographic symbols with properties of pedons divided into several classes of vertical texturecontrast soil truncation and results from potential erosion maps was elaborated. The application of developed interpretative principles allows calculating the share of soil truncation classes within investigated area. The five test plots (each -1 km 2 ) were located along the north slopes of Noteae Middle Valley and Toruñ Basin. The proposed interpretation of soil-agricultural maps reveals their significant value in studies on extent and degree of erosional alterations recorded in soil cover.

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Luvisols or Cambisols? Micromorphological study of soil truncation in young morainic landscapes — Case study: Brodnica and Chełmno Lake Districts (North Poland)

Cited by 51 publications

References 45 publications

The Influence of Human-induced Erosion on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Vineyards of Fordon Valley

The Influence of Human-induced Erosion on the Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Vineyards of Fordon Valley

The impact of postglacial palaeoenvironmental changes on the properties of sediments in the kettle hole at the site of Jurki (NE Poland)

The usefulness of soil-agricultural maps to identify classes of soil truncation

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