Soils I - Part 2 - The Solid Phase
Based on the Lecture "Soils 1" by Adrien Mestrot at the University of Bern (HS20)
Based on the Lecture "Soils 1" by Adrien Mestrot at the University of Bern (HS20)
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Langue | English |
Catégorie | Géographie |
Niveau | Université |
Crée / Actualisé | 27.01.2021 / 17.02.2021 |
Attribution de licence | Non précisé (Mestrot, Adrien (2020). Lecture: Soils I. Personal collection of Adrien Mestrot, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.) |
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2.1 Parent Material
The bedrock is also called parent material. What does it determine for soils?
The Parent Material largely determines soil development and mineral content.
2.1 Parent Material
How are (parent) rocks classified?
Rocks are classified according to their history of origin.
2.1 Parent Material
What are Magmatic rocks? Name three examples for a magmatic rock and explain how they are formed.
2.1 Parent Material
What are Metamorphic rocks? Name three examples for a magmatic rock and explain how they are formed.
2.1 Parent Material
What are Sedimentary rocks? Name three examples for a magmatic rock and explain how they are formed.
- Breccia
- Conglomerate
- Claystone
These rocks cover 75% of the earth's surface but are only a very small part of the lithosphere. They are formed through the mechanical weathering of debris (breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, shale), through precipitation (rock salt, iron ore, flint, dolomite*, limestone*) or accumulation of plant or animal debris (dolomites*, limestones*).
* some types of xx
2.2 Diagenesis and Metamorphosis
What is "diagenesis"?
What is "metamorphosis"?
There is no sharp boundary between diagenesis and metamorphism.
Diagenesis: the process that describes physical and chemical changes in sediments first caused by water-rock interactions, microbial activity and compaction after their deposition. The increase of pressure and temperature only starts to play a role as sediments get buried much deeper in the Earth's crust.
Metamorphosis: occurs at higher temperatures and pressures than diagenesis.
(source: Wikipedia)
Things are always evolving and changin. When living things die, they can become sediments. Diagenesis makes sedimentary rock from loose materials which then either build soil, go through metamorphosis again or sinks down, melts and becomes magma.
2.3 Minerals
What are minerals?
e.g. properties, composition, structure, importance
properties: homogenous components of the earth's crust in terms of physical and chemical properties
composition: solid chemical compounds such as salts, oxides, hydroxides. They occur in pure form.
structure: with a specific crystal structure or without a crystal structure (= amorphous minerals)
importance: important soil components, starting products for weathering and the formation of secondary minerals