Mica Genesis in Hawaiian Soils
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Soil Science Society of America Journal
- Vol. 32 (1) , 31-35
- https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1968.03615995003200010008x
Abstract
A soil mica having a formula Na0.11 NH40.06 K1–24 (Al, Si) (Al, Fe, Mg) O20 (OH)4 has been identified in soils of the wet uplands in the Hawaiian Islands. It contains 7.2% potash and is predominantly a mixer‐layered mica with vermiculite‐montmorillonite and chlorite. The mica is concentrated in the surface horizons, and its concentration increases with soils formed under increasing rainfall and elevation. Biological recycling of potash is proposed as a mechanism for its formation.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Ionic Relationships in the Pedogenesis of Hawaiian SoilsSoil Science Society of America Journal, 1966