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Magnetic Susceptibility of Soil to Differentiate Soil Environments in Southern Brazil
Fecha
2017-01-01Registro en:
Revista Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo. Vicosa: Soc Brasileira De Ciencia Do Solo, v. 41, 13 p., 2017.
0100-0683
10.1590/18069657rbcs20160189
S0100-06832017000100301
WOS:000394035200003
S0100-06832017000100301.pdf
Autor
Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Univ Estado Santa Catarina
Institución
Resumen
The interest in new techniques to support digital soil mapping (DSM) is increasing. Numerous studies pointed out that the measure of magnetic susceptibility (MS) can be extremely useful in the identification of properties related with factors and processes of soil formation, applied to soil mapping. This study addressed the effectiveness of magnetic soil susceptibility to identify and facilitate the distinction of different pedogenic environments of a representative hillslope in the highland Planalto Medio in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. In a 350-ha area in the municipality of Santo Augusto, RS, a representative transect was selected, trenches opened for soil characterization and 29 grid points marked at regular distances of 50 m, where soil samples were collected (layers 0.00-0.05, 0.05-0.15, 0.15-0.30, and 0.30-0.60 m) to analyze soil properties. Data from the transect samples were subjected to descriptive statistics. Limits of the pedogenetic environments along the slope were identified by the Split Moving Window (SMW) Boundary Analysis. The combined use of soil magnetic susceptibility and the SMW technique was effective in identifying different pedogenetic environments in the study area.