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Umwandlungen von Dreischichtsilikaten unter K‐Abgabe und K‐Aufnahme
Author(s) -
Niederbudde E. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
zeitschrift für pflanzenernährung und bodenkunde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 0044-3263
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.19761390107
Subject(s) - illite , vermiculite , clay minerals , soil water , loess , mineralogy , chemistry , geology , calcareous , montmorillonite , geochemistry , soil science , organic chemistry , paleontology , geomorphology
Transformation of three‐layer silicates through K‐release and K‐uptake (A review). In soils formed from unconsilidated sediments with illite‐vermiculite‐smectite mixtures in their clay fractions the clay mineral transformation from illite to vermiculite and smectite between pH 5 and 7 cannot be considered so far as proven on the grounds of available analytical data. Studies of soil profiles showed that the formation of illite from expandable three layer silicates predominates over the formation of smectite from illite. Practically all samples of loess and calcareous tills of the areas discussed contain smectites. K loesses between pH 5 and 7 are probably very small, because K released during the formation of vermiculites from micas is immediately fixed by smectitic layers which are converted to illite. In those soils potential K fixation of the clay fraction (« 2 μ) is lower than in the corresponding parent sediments despite of vermiculite formation in the soils. Further analytical data (X‐ray, interlattice‐K, K‐selectivity, specific surface) support the hypothesis of illitization of smectites during soil formation.