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Chemical dissolution techniques in the study of soil clays: Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

E. A. C. Follett ,
W. J. McHardy ,
B. D. Mitchell  and
B.F.L. Smith
E. A. C. Follett
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
W. J. McHardy
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
B. D. Mitchell
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
B.F.L. Smith
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen
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Abstract

The mineralogy of the clay fractions of two soil profiles representing the end-members of a catena developed on a glacial till derived from basic lavas has been determined. Particular attention has been given to the assessment of the nature of the amorphous inorganic material in the clay fraction of these soils. Chemical dissolution techniques were used and their effects on the clay fraction were followed by X-ray diffraction, differential thermal, infrared absorption, electron-optical and surface area measurements. The principal conclusion is that the soil clays are a continuum from completely disordered, through poorly ordered to well crystallized material.

Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , July 1965 , pp. 23 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1965

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