The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia

Three deeply weathered soil profiles developed over basalt, granite and schist were studied. The isovolumetric calculation was carried out to determine the intensity of elements depleted during weathering. The rain and stream waters near the respective areas were sampled and analysed. Despite the di...

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Main Authors: Jol, Hamdan, Burnham, C. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Elsevier 1996
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description Three deeply weathered soil profiles developed over basalt, granite and schist were studied. The isovolumetric calculation was carried out to determine the intensity of elements depleted during weathering. The rain and stream waters near the respective areas were sampled and analysed. Despite the differences in their parent materials, the physico-chemical properties of the soil proper were quite similar. The study generally indicated that the humid tropical rain forests developed over old, deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia have a “closed” nutrient cycling system because the contribution of nutrients from the weathering parent material is negligible. Closed nutrient cycles are favoured by intense weathering at great depth, and by the almost complete loss of bases during the rock-saprock-saprolite transformation. The chemical properties of the saprolites are found to be comparable to or even poorer than those of the subsoils, so that roots do not have access to the base cations released on initial weathering.
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spelling upm.eprints-423512024-07-26T09:32:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42351/ The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia Jol, Hamdan Burnham, C. P. Three deeply weathered soil profiles developed over basalt, granite and schist were studied. The isovolumetric calculation was carried out to determine the intensity of elements depleted during weathering. The rain and stream waters near the respective areas were sampled and analysed. Despite the differences in their parent materials, the physico-chemical properties of the soil proper were quite similar. The study generally indicated that the humid tropical rain forests developed over old, deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia have a “closed” nutrient cycling system because the contribution of nutrients from the weathering parent material is negligible. Closed nutrient cycles are favoured by intense weathering at great depth, and by the almost complete loss of bases during the rock-saprock-saprolite transformation. The chemical properties of the saprolites are found to be comparable to or even poorer than those of the subsoils, so that roots do not have access to the base cations released on initial weathering. Elsevier 1996-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42351/1/The%20contribution%20of%20nutrients%20from%20parent%20material%20in%20three%20deeply%20weathered%20soils%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42351/7/1-s2.0-S0016706196000626-main.pdf Jol, Hamdan and Burnham, C. P. (1996) The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia. Geoderma, 74 (3-4). pp. 219-233. ISSN 0016-7061; ESSN: 1872-6259 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00062-6
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title_fullStr The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia
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title_short The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia
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