Research Article

Impact of Addition of FGDB as a Soil Amendment on Physical and Chemical Properties of an Alkali Soil and Crop Yield of Maize in Northern China Coastal Plain

Table 3

Basic mineralogical properties of the initial alkaline soil.

ParameterContent (%)

Primary mineral
 Quartz
 Mica
 Feldspar
Clay mineral
 Smectite
 Illite
 Potash feldspar
 Albite
 Kaolinite

Values are mean ± standard deviation of triplicate measurements.