Hag Husein, H.; Bäumler, R.; Lucke, B.; Sahwan, W. Black Soils in the Eastern Mediterranean: Genesis and Properties. Geographies2024, 4, 168-181.
Hag Husein, H.; Bäumler, R.; Lucke, B.; Sahwan, W. Black Soils in the Eastern Mediterranean: Genesis and Properties. Geographies 2024, 4, 168-181.
Hag Husein, H.; Bäumler, R.; Lucke, B.; Sahwan, W. Black Soils in the Eastern Mediterranean: Genesis and Properties. Geographies2024, 4, 168-181.
Hag Husein, H.; Bäumler, R.; Lucke, B.; Sahwan, W. Black Soils in the Eastern Mediterranean: Genesis and Properties. Geographies 2024, 4, 168-181.
Abstract
Knowledge about the genesis and evolution of black soils in the Eastern Mediterranean is vital for sustainable land management. In this study, the black soils that currently occur in the Eastern Mediterranean were analyzed in different bioclimatic zones and were found to genetically be long to three soil types: 1-Calcareous black soils (Rendzina, Para-Rendzina) (Rendzic or Somerirendzic Leptosols -Typic Rendolls or Lithic Rendolls), 2-Hydromorphic black soils (Calcic Chernozems -Haploxerolls). 3- Black soils on Basalt (Somerirendzic Leptosols) (Haploxerolls). The impact of the relief was obvious on both the thickness of the solum and the mollic horizon. Rendzina occurs on the toe and feet slope, Para-Rendzina on the shoulders, and Chernozems on a flat plain. The color of the epipedon in Rendzina reflects the origin of the prevailing parent material from which they are derived: Proper Rendzina found on limestone, chalk, sandstone, conglomerate, and claystone; Reddish Rendzina on Dolomite and hard limestone, and Grayish Rendzina on Serpentine. It was also found that the Hydromorphic black soils only occur on calcic marl and lacustrine deposits in the depressions arising from the Dead Sea faults under saturation or bad drainage conditions. This soil has a thick, dark mollic horizon and high organic matter content.
Keywords
semi-arid; black soils; Rendzina; Chernozems; eastern Mediterranean
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Soil Science
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