Scholarly record
SOIL PROPERTIES OF CHROMIC LUVISOLS FROM KREMIKOVTSI AREA IN SOFIA MUNICIPALITY
Abstract
The result of the survey carried out on the territory of the Sofia-city municipality is presented, in relation to the application of the Program for the protection, sustainable use and restoration of soils as a limited and non-renewable natural resource. The obtained data on the Chomic Luvisols nearby the area of Kremikovtsi debate the basic physical and chemical soil characteristics. The priority task on the soil protection in the region aimed at the sustainable development, restoration and improvement of the soil resource. To fulfill this aim, samples from soil profile and additional sites from arable land were analyzed for texture, content and composition of organic matter, cation exchange capacity, soil bulk and soil particle density, soil moisture content at field sampling, porosity. The intrinsic peculiarity of organic substances is identified and the specific relationship within different fractions of extractable organic carbon. Humic acids are low molecular and with predominance of aliphatic over aromatic moieties in their molecules. The soil is affected by initial acidification but no evidence of destructive process of the soil adsorption complex, as the latter is characterized by high degree of saturation with bases. Chromic Luvisols are less vulnerable to erosion because, despite the low organic matter content, the colloidal clay content is significant.
Publication Impact Profile
- Captures
- Mendeley - Readers: 1
Publication details
References10
Blum W.E.H, Land use planning and policy implication: bridging between science, politics and decision making, Developments in soil classification, land use planning and policy implications, Springer, Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London, 2013, pp. 469-481. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5332-7_25
Filcheva E., Characteristics of soil organic matter of Bulgarian soils, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015, pp 178;
Ganev S., Arsova A., Methods for determining the strongly acid and weakly acid cation exchange in soil, Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Bulgaria, vol.15/issue 3, pp 22�33, 1980.
IUSS Working Group WRB, World Reference Base for Soil Resources, International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps, 4th edition. International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), Vienna, Austria, 2022, pp 234;
Kachinski N.A., Mechanical and micro-aggregate composition of soil, Methods for it study, Publishing house of Science Academy of USSS, Moscow, 1958, pp 192;
Kononova M.M., Soil organic matter, its nature, origin and role in soil formation and soil fertility, 2nd Eng. Ed., Pergamon Press ING., Elmsfordm M.V., 1966, pp 544; DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-011470-5.50007-1
Lal R., Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security, Science, USA, vol. 304/issue 5677, pp 1623-1627, 2004. DOI: 10.1126/science.1097396
Post W. M., Kwon K. C., Soil carbon sequestration and land use change: processes and potential. Global Change Biology, vol. 6, pp 317�327, 2000. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00308.x
Soil Survey Staff, Soil Survey Laboratory Information Manual, Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 45, Version 2.0., R. Burt (ed.), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USA, 2011, pp 506.
Sutton R., Sposito G., Molecular structure in soil humic substances: the new view, Environmental Science and Technology, USA, vol. 39/issue 23, pp 9009-9015, 2006. DOI: 10.1021/es050778q
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.