Soils of the Mall in Washington, DC: II. Genesis, Classification, and Mapping

Short, J. R.; Fanning, D. S.; Foss, J. E.; Patterson, J. C.

doi:10.2136/sssaj1986.03615995005000050064x

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“…Exchangeable bases in minesoils often reflect the base status of the original pre-mine native soil or overburden strata. Base saturation may vary in minesoils from l to 100% (Daniels and Amos, 1981;Ciolkosz et al, 1985;Short et al, 1986;Smith et al, 1971 ).…”

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Chemical Properties of Minesoils on a Mountaintop Removal Mine in Southern West Virginia

Thomas¹,

Sencindiver²,

Skousen³

et al. 2001

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Abstract. Mountaintop removal is a common surface coal mining procedure and has been practiced in West Virginia for more than 30 years. Recently, as the mines are becoming larger and disturbing hundreds to thousands of ha, questions have arisen concerning the long-term use of those lands, and the quality of post-mining soils and drainage. Therefore, a study was initiated to evaluate the properties of soils on a vast reclaimed mountaintop removal mine in southern West Virginia. Minesoils of four different ages (2, 7, 11, and 23 years) and two different slope classes (nearly level and steep) were sampled. Contiguous native soils also were sampled and compared to minesoils. Samples were analyzed for pH, extractable acidity, exchangeable Al and Mn, extractable P, extractable bases, total C, N, and S. Analysis of the data revealed the minesoils in general to be less acidic than the native soils. Total C and N were higher in the surface horizons of native soils compared to minesoils, but minesoils generally had higher C and N in the lower horizons. The higher C with depth may be due to the presence of carbolithic material. Phosphorus was highest in the 2-year-old minesoil, possibly due to the residual effects of fertilization. Exchangeable Al was generally higher in the native soils than the minesoils. Manganese was highest in the surface of the native soils, but dropped below that of minesoils at lower depths. Extractable acidity was highest in the native soils, and base saturation was lowest in the native soils. It appears from our studies that the minesoils developing on this site have potential productivity as good as or better than native soils and that land uses on native soils can be developed on · these minesoils. Additional

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Chemical Properties of Minesoils on a Mountaintop Removal Mine in Southern West Virginia

Thomas¹,

Sencindiver²,

Skousen³

et al. 2001

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“…Together the three changes in the model of soil emphasize the fundamental importance of anthropedology as an applied and basic science. Human impacts on soil are well studied in archeology, geoarchaeology, anthropology, and environmental science (Eidt, 1977;Butzer, 1982;Davidson, 1982;Short et al,, 1986;Johnson and Lindberg, 1992;Alexandrovskaya and Alexandrovskiy, 2000;Hiller, 2000;Holliday, 2004;Howard and Olszewska, 2011), A major challenge for contemporary soil scientists is to grow an anthropedology that extends pedology's inherent interdisciplinarity (Cline, 1961;Dobrovolskii, 2006) and that precisely and accurately quantifies human interactions with soils and the ecosystems they support, Cline (1961) anticipated mueh about these ongoing changes. Well aware ofthe rising human influenee on soils, Cline stated that intensifying land management ",,, magnifies man and his activities as factors of soil formation and demands recognition of his work," About the soil as solum, Cline suggested that researeh with the lower boundary of soil, may force us "to extend the lower limit of our model of soil to greater depth,,,", clearly anticipating the deepening ofthe genetic model of soil and even the concept of Earth s Critical Zone (NRC, 2001 ;Brantley et al, 2006;Wilding and Lin, 2006), Human-soil relations, soil's lower boundary, and soil polygenesis have wide application for humanity and are critical to the development of soil seience in the 21st century, a time that is placing unprecedented demands on the Earth's soil economically and environmentally.…”

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“The Changing Model of Soil” Revisited

Richter

Yaalon

2012

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

142

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In 1961, the late Marlin G. Cline wrote a remarkable essay entitled, “The Changing Model of Soil” for the 25th Anniversary Issue of the Soil Science Society of America Proceedings. Cline was most impressed with how geomorphology was enriching pedology, and with the increasingly sophisticated views of soil time and of the processes of soil formation. We revisit Cline's general objectives by re‐evaluating the changing model of soil from the perspective of the early 21st century, and by taking stock of the application of soil models to contemporary needs and challenges. Today, three ongoing changes in the genetic model of soil have far‐reaching consequences for the future of soil science: (i) that soil is being transformed globally from natural to human‐natural body, (ii) that the lower boundary of soil is much deeper than the solum historically confined to O to B horizons, and (iii) that most soils are a kind of pedogenic paleosol, archival products of soil‐forming processes that have ranged widely over the life of most soils. Together and each in their own way, these three changes in the model of soil impact directly human–soil relations and give structure and guidance to the science of anthropedology. In other words, human forcings represent a global wave of soil polygenesis altering fluxes of matter and energy and transforming the thermodynamics of soils as potentially very deep systems. Anthropedogenesis needs much better quantification to evaluate the future of soil and the wider environment.

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“…The theme of humans as pedogenic fertility makers was explored by many, perhaps no one better than Conry () in Ireland. An early systematic study of urban soils was accomplished on the Washington mall ( Short et al., , ), a study that according to Howard () was initiated to work through early difficulties in applying the then new concepts of Soil Taxonomy to anthropogenic environments ( Soil Survey Staff , ).…”

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Game Changer in Soil Science. The Anthropocene in soil science and pedology.

Richter

2019

J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.

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The venerable science of pedology, initiated in the 19th century as the study of the natural factors of soil formation, is adapting to the demands of the Anthropocene, the geologic time during which planet Earth and its soils are transitioning from natural to human‐natural systems. With vast areas of soils intensively managed, the future of pedology lies with a renewed science that can be called anthropedology that builds on the pedology of the past but proceeds from “human as outsider” to “human as insider.” In other words, the human in pedology must shift from being a soil‐disturbing to soil‐forming agent. Pedology is well prepared to respond to the challenges of the Anthropocene, given the decades of research on human‐soil relations throughout human history and throughout the period of the Great Acceleration (Steffen et al., [76]). However, quantitative understanding of soil responses to the diversity of human forcings remains elementary and needs remedy.

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Soils of the Mall in Washington, DC: II. Genesis, Classification, and Mapping

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Chemical Properties of Minesoils on a Mountaintop Removal Mine in Southern West Virginia

Chemical Properties of Minesoils on a Mountaintop Removal Mine in Southern West Virginia

“The Changing Model of Soil” Revisited

Game Changer in Soil Science. The Anthropocene in soil science and pedology.

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