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A Treatise of Indian and Tropical SoilsConceptual Models on Tropical Soil Formation

A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils: Conceptual Models on Tropical Soil Formation [Use of models to explain adequately the formation of tropical soils indicates that although among the most popular models applicable in soil formation, the residua and haplosoil models have relevance to formation and persistence of Indian tropical soils, they cannot explain the existence of million years old Vertisols, Alfisols and Mollisols under humid tropical climate because these models did not consider the stability of base rich primary minerals over time. This novel understanding provides a deductive check on the inductive reasoning so far made on the formation of soils in tropical humid climate and also establishes the validity of Jenny’s state factor equation in the formation of the Indian tropical soils in the intense weathering environments under HT climate.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Treatise of Indian and Tropical SoilsConceptual Models on Tropical Soil Formation

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-49438-8
Pages
91 –96
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-49439-5_5
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Abstract

[Use of models to explain adequately the formation of tropical soils indicates that although among the most popular models applicable in soil formation, the residua and haplosoil models have relevance to formation and persistence of Indian tropical soils, they cannot explain the existence of million years old Vertisols, Alfisols and Mollisols under humid tropical climate because these models did not consider the stability of base rich primary minerals over time. This novel understanding provides a deductive check on the inductive reasoning so far made on the formation of soils in tropical humid climate and also establishes the validity of Jenny’s state factor equation in the formation of the Indian tropical soils in the intense weathering environments under HT climate.]

Published: Dec 10, 2016

Keywords: Validation of models; Acidic Alfisols; Acidic Vertisols; Acidic Mollisols; Ultisols

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