QUANTIFYING DEVELOPMENT OF SOME EGYPTIAN SOILS FROM MICROMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES AND MICROMORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS | ||
| Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||
| Article 3, Volume 29, Issue 12, December 2004, Pages 7549-7566 PDF (4.73 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2004.243933 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. M. Moustafa, | ||
| Soil and Water Sciences Dept., Fac. Agric. Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The computation of micromorphological index is a recent approach to quantifying soil development from micromorphological features and micromorphometric analysis, where, few studies were conducted on this approach. In the current study, five soil profiles with different mode of formation were selected i.e., sandy, alluvial, calcareous, lacustrine and delta fringes to identify and quantifying the micromorphological features, using micromorphometric analysis and determine the soil development using micromorphological index on the basis of micromorphological features and micromorphometric data. The micromorphological index was helpful for quantitative determination of soil development of the studied soils especially alluvial and lacustrine ones. The index value is less than expected for calcareous soil. The micromorphological index can be equally useful for soils developed under different factors of soil formation. But, quantification of the micromorphological properties used for calculating the micromorphological index needs specific modification for particular situations. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Micromorphological index; Soil development; Micromorphometeric analysis | ||
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