Open AccessCharacteristics of soil types on small river islands in the central Danube basin
Author(s) -
Zoran Galić,
Petar Ivanišević,
Saša Pekeč,
Marko Kebert,
Srdjan Stojnić
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
glasnik šumarskog fakulteta - univerzitet u beogradu/glasnik šumarskog fakulteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8600
pISSN - 0353-4537
DOI - 10.2298/gsf0900055g
Subject(s) - silt , alluvial plain , alluvium , sedimentation , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , humus , drainage basin , vegetation (pathology) , horizon , soil horizon , floodplain , soil water , organic matter , sediment , environmental science , soil science , geomorphology , geography , ecology , medicine , paleontology , physics , geotechnical engineering , cartography , pathology , astronomy , biology
Determination of soil characteristics orginated on small river islands in the alluvial plane of the Danube river is done in this paper. High content of silt+clay fractions was found in all the profiles in the humusaccumulative horizon. Textural class in the surface horizons ranged from sandclay to clay. Below this horizon sand layers of different depths have been found. By the depth of profiles fraction of fine sand was found most often. In these horizons the capacity for air was increased. Processes of oxidoreduction have been determined by the depth of the entire profile on all small river islands and referred to the high degree of moistening during the vegetation season. Chemical properties of soil, originated on small river islands were in accordance with the characteristics of fluvisol in the alluvial plain of the Danube river. Soils characterized by the dominant sedimentation process (continuous flooding), high accumulation of organic matter, which is characterized by high production potential of forest ecosystems