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INVESTIGATIONS ON RICE‐GROWING IN BRITISH GUIANA
Author(s) -
GASSER J. K. R.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1961.tb00913.x
Subject(s) - subsoil , alluvium , soil water , flooding (psychology) , leaching (pedology) , organic matter , geology , soil science , environmental science , agronomy , hydrology (agriculture) , geomorphology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology , psychology , psychotherapist
Summary An attempt has been made to account for the different soil types which are derived from alluvial material of similar age and origin. The sequence noted was undifferentiated alluvium (frontland clay soil), humose clay (pegassy‐clay soil), thin organic soils (pegasse). The subsoil varied from that similar to frontland clay to a bleached yellowish‐white structureless clay. Differing durations and intensities of flooding were considered to be responsible for the changes in the subsoil. With permanent flooding, plant residues accumulate on the surface and the soil is more rapidly leached. Less organic matter accumulates and less leaching occurs with seasonal flooding. Reefs of dry sand and other soils develop under special conditions and, as they do not belong to the general sequence, are described separately.