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Game Changer in Soil Science. Functional role of clay minerals in soil
Author(s) -
Churchman G. Jock
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of plant nutrition and soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1522-2624
pISSN - 1436-8730
DOI - 10.1002/jpln.201700605
Subject(s) - clay minerals , decomposition , soil water , soil science , clay soil , organic matter , environmental chemistry , expansive clay , environmental science , chemistry , mineralogy , organic chemistry
Abstract Defining soil clay minerals as all inorganic particles < 2 µm would enhance their predictive power for soil functions. The future task is to unravel the prominent functional role of clay associations in the “ultimate particles” in soils–microaggregates. High energy techniques and decomposition of XRD patterns offer the prospect of understanding associations of silicates, oxides and organic matter within microaggregates.