Research Article

Partitioning of Iron and Scandium in Soils Having Water Drainage Limitations

Table 1

Soil profile characterization.

HorizonDepthpHTexture Total acidityCEC
cmcmol/kg

Aqualf#1
A134.1sandy loam2.05.8
E336.5loam1.79.5
Btg1538.3loam0.118.1
Btg2817.9loam0.022.9
Btg31077.8loam0.021.8
Btg41377.3sandy loam0.118
BCg1937.0loam0.220.3
Aqualf#2
Oi134.7ā€”13.048.2
A265.2silt loam1.420.5
E515.2silt loam1.621.4
Btg1825.8silty clay loam0.637.0
Btg21107.0silty clay loam0.531.7
Btg31277.1silt loam0.433.7
Cg1657.6silt loam0.427.1
Scholten (Fragiudults)#1
A134.6silt loam18.819.8
E285.0silt loam5.87.3
Bt1415.0silt loam4.76.4
Bt2794.9silt loam9.511.6
2Btx1074.6loam6.78.8
3Bt11324.6sandy clay loam8.28.9
3Bt21734.7sandy clay9.910.4
Scholten (Fragiudults)#2
A134.8silt loam12.513.5
E415.0silt loam5.38.3
Bt1714.9silt loam4.65.6
2Btx1994.9loam7.49.7
2Btx21244.9loam7.69.7
3Bt11454.8clay loam9.911.3
3Bt21634.6clay12.313.9

All of the horizons of the Scholten (Fragiudults) pedons are gravelly to extremely gravelly.