RATE OF PODZOLIC SOIL FORMATION NEAR HUDSON BAY, ONTARIO
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Soil Science
- Vol. 64 (1) , 31-49
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss84-004
Abstract
Six soil profiles on a transect orthogonal to the Hudson Bay coast of Ontario are of increasing age from approximately 100 yr near the coast to > 5000 yr 70 km inland. The stages of Podzolic soil development from calcareous parent materials are documented. The Ah horizons required at least 750 yr to develop. The Ae-Bh horizon sequence required at least 1893 yr to form. The Ae-Bf horizon sequence required at least 2300 yr to develop. The depth of carbonate leaching and vermiculite formation in the A horizons are very closely correlated to soil age.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- An Evaluation of Three Methods for the Quantitative Determination of Calcite and Dolomite in Soils and Geological SedimentsCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1971