Andosolization of Soils on a Strombolian Cone at Mount Bambouto, Cameroon英文文献资料.docVIP

Open Journal of Soil Science, 2011, 1, 97-105 97 doi:10.4236/ojss.2011.13013 Published Online December 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojss) Andosolization of Soils on a Strombolian Cone at Mount Bambouto, Cameroon Pierre S. Tsopjio Jiomeneck , Paul Tematio , Mike A. Wilson , Martin Yemefack 1 1* 2 3 1 2 Department of Earth sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Na- tional Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, USA; Institut de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (IRAD), Yaoundé, Cameroun. 3 * Email: paul_tematio@yahoo.fr Received June 26 , 2011; revised August 30 , 2011; accepted September 10 , 2011. th th th ABSTRACT Morphology, mineral and geochemical investigations were carried out on two selected soil pedons (ZA and TO) devel- oped on a late Quaternary-aged strombolian cone to better understand andosolization processes in Mount Bambouto, Cameroon. Both pedons have A-BC-C horizonation. They have thick surface (A) horizon with bulk density 0.7 g·cm , –3 Alo + 0.5Feo about 2% and P retention 90%. Mineral association consists predominantly of kaolinite, gibbsite, goe- thite, organometal complexes and trace amount of ferrihydrite and allophane. The Ki values between 1.1 and 1.6, the low TRB (45 to 67 mg·kg ), the important IMob (20% to 24%), the CIA between 60% and 70% and the EFs above 1.16 –1 for Al and Fe, and below 0.6 for Si indicate sparingly hydrolysis process in subsoil during which released Al, Fe and Si form allophanic or ferrihydrite minerals undergo crystallization into kaolinite, gibbsite and goethite, respectively. At topsoil, part of released Al (and Fe) is organically bounded with orga