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Organic carbon and short-range order minerals responsible for cementation of the spodic horizon (ortstein): a new proposal of chemical extractions in undisturbed samples

Mateus Roveda Pilar A , Vander Freitas Melo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-1536 A * , Luis Fernando Roveda B , Marcelo Ricardo Lima A and Jairo Calderari de Oliveira Junior https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3818-0513 A
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A Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Parana, 1540 Rua dos Funcionarios, Curitiba 80035-050, Brazil.

B UNESPAR State University of Parana, 117 Comendador Correia Junior, Paranagua, Brazil.

* Correspondence to: vanderfm@ufpr.br

Handling Editor: Claudio Bini

Soil Research 62, SR24034 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR24034
Submitted: 21 February 2024  Accepted: 29 May 2024  Published: 20 June 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Context

The cementation of spodic horizons (ortstein) has long been studied through chemical analysis in disturbed soil samples of <2 mm (soil structure destructuring).

Aims

Use of the undisturbed samples and selective chemical extractions to study the soil organic matter (SOM) and short-range order phase (SROP) cementing the spodic horizon.

Methods

The study was carried out in a Spodosol (ortstein) from southern Brazil in undisturbed cubes (1.5 cm × 1.5 cm × 1.5 cm). The undisturbed cubes were separated in two visual colour standards (yellow colour (YC – 10YR 6/8) and yellow dark colour (YDC – 10YR 4/3)) and were submitted to four SROP chemical extractions (pyrophosphate (PYR), ammonium oxalate (AO), NaOH 0.5 mol L−1, and water).

Key results

The choice of selective SROP extraction in two colour standards of undisturbed samples enabled the identification of cementation details of the ortstein : (1) SOM illuviation also increases Fe, Al, Mn, Si, Ca, and Mg contents; (2) the SRO-Fe and Al oxides cover the SOM and/or there is a larger proportion of mineral in relation to OC in the organo/mineral association; (3) SRO-Al oxides were the main compounds responsible for cementation; and (4) the illuvial SOM associated with SRO-Fe oxides did not contribute to ortstein physical stability.

Conclusions and implications

The best extractions to study the samples were AO for YC colour and NaOH for YDC colour. We recommend the use of undisturbed samples and the inclusion of NaOH 0.5 mol L−1 in the chemical protocol for analysis to better understand which organic and mineral phases clog the ortstein pores in different pedogenetic conditions around the world.

Keywords: Al oxides, aluminosilicates, Fe oxides, organic matter, ortstein color, selective extractions, soil pores clogging.

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