This article deals with Friedrich Albert Fallou (1794–1877), a lawyer by education strong interest for soil and geology who published “Pedologie oder allgemeine und besondere Bodenkunde” in 1862, that is, 20 years before Dokuchaev's (1883) “Russian Chernozem.” He is known having coined the term of “pedology” but his role development science needs recognition, opinions diverging this far regard ...

Iron-manganese (Fe-Mn) concentrations are common morphological indicators of soil oxidation-reduction reactions and widely used to infer hydrology. The factors determining occurrence distribution Fe-Mn at the continental scale have been rarely studied. objective this study was explore in upland loess soils identify their favorable environment conditions mid-continental North America. A total 39...

The drivers underlying the development of deep root systems, whether genetic or environmental, are poorly understood but evidence has accumulated that deep rooting could be a more widespread and important trait among plants than commonly anticipated from their share of root biomass. Even though a distinct classification of "deep roots" is missing to date, deep roots provide important functions ...

We compared the elemental composition of soil and bedrock samples to determine the extent of chemical weathering and the nature of the soil parent material in alpine soils on Vermont's highest summit. Previously it was unclear whether these soils formed through weathering of bedrock, glacial till, or eolian sediment, or solely through the accumulation of organic matter. In eighteen profiles, no...

Background: Mining activities always emit metal(loid)s into the surrounding environment, where their accumulation in the soil may pose risks and hazards to humans and ecosystems. Objective: This paper aims to determine of the type, source, chemical form, fate and transport, and accurate risk assessment of 17 metal(loid) contaminants including As, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Cr, Ag, B, Bi, Co, Mo, Sb, T...

The Ethiopian Rift System consists of basins that are in different stages of evolution. Some of the rift-related basins in southwestern Ethiopia are half-grabens that have not evolved to symmetrical rifts since the initiation of rifting here in the middle Miocene. These basins contain fossiliferous Pliocene–Pleistocene volcaniclastic sediments and volcanic rocks and have been occupied by early ...

Recently, we established a chronological framework for fluvial deposits along a soil sequence at the Danube River near Vienna, Austria, using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating. We identified fluvial deposits from different time periods ranging from the early last millennium BC to the 18 th century AD. We bridged the gap from the 18 th century AD to the present with fallout 137 Cs d...

Background, Aims, and Scope. Historically, built areas were ignored in soil mapping and in studies of soil formation and behaviour. It is now recognized that these areas, and therefore their soils, are of prime importance to human populations. Another trend is the large increase in reclaimed lands and new uses for old industrial areas. In several countries there are active projects to map such ...

At a watershed scale, sediments and soil weathering exerts a control on solid and dissolved transport of trace elements in surface waters and it can be considered as a source of pollution. The studied subwatershed (1.5 km) was located on an As-geochemical anomaly. The studied soil profile showed a significant decrease of As content from 1500 mg kg in the 135– 165 cm deepest soil layer to 385 mg...

Abstract One of the most perplexing problems in paleoclimate research is how orbital cyclicities force East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) precipitation variation over middle to late Quaternary. Chinese loess records suggest that EASM was dominated by 100 k.y. cycles controlled Northern Hemisphere ice sheet forcing. In contrast, speleothem 23 caused insolation order resolve this inconsistency, we ...