Mineralogy of parent rock and peaty-podzolic soil of Iremel Ridge, Southern Urals
- Authors: Khalitov R.M.1, Perova E.N.1, Abakumov E.V.1,2, Suleimanov R.R.3
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Affiliations:
- St. Petersburg State University
- Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin
- Institute of Biology, Ufa Scientific Center
- Issue: Vol 50, No 8 (2017)
- Pages: 961-970
- Section: Soil Mineralogy and Micromorphology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/224124
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317080063
- ID: 224124
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Abstract
The mineralogy of soils and parent rocks of the Iremel Ridge has been studied by the methods of micromorphology, laser diffraction, computed X-ray microtomography, and X-ray fluorescence analysis. In hard rock and soil, the major minerals have been identified: quartz, illite, and a chlorite-group mineral (Fe analogue of sudoite), as well as accessory minerals: monazite, xenotime, rutile, zircon, and florencite. It has been found that chlorite, illite, and quartz are present in all horizons of the studied peaty-podzolic soil. Insignificant amounts of mixed-layered mineral and kaolinite could be suggested in the T and EL horizons of peaty-podzolic soil. The mixed-layered mineral is most probably of soil origin, which is related to the transformation of illites inherited from the parent rock under acidic conditions.
About the authors
R. M. Khalitov
St. Petersburg State University
Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034
E. N. Perova
St. Petersburg State University
Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034
E. V. Abakumov
St. Petersburg State University; Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin
Author for correspondence.
Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034; Tol’yatti, 445003
R. R. Suleimanov
Institute of Biology, Ufa Scientific Center
Email: e_abakumov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ufa, 450054