Halosols CN
An Aqui-Alkalic Halosols and landscape. These soils distribute mainly in the vast chernozem area in Songhuajiang-Nenjiang Plain and Songuajiang-liaohe Plain in northeast China. They are found in low-flatlands and flood lands, and coexist with Para-Alkali–Aqui-Orthic Halosols and Sali-Alkali-Aquic-Cambosols, forming a complex. The depth of groundwater level is usually 2-3 meters below ground surface. In the process of alkalization, alkalic Halosols will form by desalination through soluble salt leaching, or they will form if soil solution is highly alkaline. This will happens in higher positions in a micro-landform unit in soda-salic soil areas. The ground vegetation is spare alkali-resistant plants, such as Suaeda heteroptera, and Rectisetus spp. And somewhere is barren land. There are clear genetic horizons in the profile. (Photos and notes courtesy of China Soils Museum, Guangdong Institute of World Soil Resources; with revision.)
In Chinese Soil Taxonomy, Halosols are soils with accumulation of salts or alkali under influence of ground water or dry environments. In Soil Taxonomy these soils are commonly Aridisols, Alfisols, or Inceptisols.
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Halosols CN
An Aqui-Alkalic Halosols and landscape. These soils distribute mainly in the vast chernozem area in Songhuajiang-Nenjiang Plain and Songuajiang-liaohe Plain in northeast China. They are found in low-flatlands and flood lands, and coexist with Para-Alkali–Aqui-Orthic Halosols and Sali-Alkali-Aquic-Cambosols, forming a complex. The depth of groundwater level is usually 2-3 meters below ground surface. In the process of alkalization, alkalic Halosols will form by desalination through soluble salt leaching, or they will form if soil solution is highly alkaline. This will happens in higher positions in a micro-landform unit in soda-salic soil areas. The ground vegetation is spare alkali-resistant plants, such as Suaeda heteroptera, and Rectisetus spp. And somewhere is barren land. There are clear genetic horizons in the profile. (Photos and notes courtesy of China Soils Museum, Guangdong Institute of World Soil Resources; with revision.)
In Chinese Soil Taxonomy, Halosols are soils with accumulation of salts or alkali under influence of ground water or dry environments. In Soil Taxonomy these soils are commonly Aridisols, Alfisols, or Inceptisols.
For additional information about this soil and the Soils Museum, visit:
www.giwsr.com/en/article/index/205
For additional information about Soil Taxonomy, visit: