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Clay Minerals; December 2002; v. 37; no. 4; p. 699-707; DOI: 10.1180/0009855023740071
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Influence of parent material on clay minerals formation in Podzols of Trentino, Italy

A. MIRABELLA1,*, M. EGLI2, S. CARNICELLI3 and G. SARTORI4

1 Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, P.zza D’Azeglio 30, 50121 Firenze, Italy, 2 Department of Physical Geography, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland, 3 Dipartimento di Scienza del Suolo e Nutrizione della Pianta, Università di Firenze, P.le Cascine 16, 50144 Firenze, Italy, and 4 Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Via Calepina 14, 38100 Trento, Italy

* E-mail: aldo.mirabella{at}issds.it

(Received 15 June 2001; revised 13 November 2001)

The formation of clay minerals was investigated in Spodosols developed in the subalpine belt, with similar exposure, climate and age, but deriving from different parent materials. All the soils were classified as Haplic Podzols and showed the characteristic eluviation and illuviation features of Fe, Al and organic carbon. However, varying parent material lithology led to different clay mineral assemblages in the soil. Smectite could be found in the E horizons of soils developed from granodiorite and tonalite materials. Its formation was strongly dependent on the presence of chlorite in the parent material. If nearly no other 2:1 mineral components, such as chlorite, are present in the lower soil horizons, then a residual micaceous mineral becomes the dominant clay mineral. The latter derives from a mica-vermiculite interstratified mineral.

KEYWORDS: weathering, podzol, smectite, mica-vermiculite, Italy




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