DEFINITION PEDOSPHERE AND SOIL STRUCTURE

DEFINITION PEDOSPHERE AND SOIL STRUCTURE

 Definition pedosphere, Soil Forming Factors, Concept Pedon and Soil Profile, Soil Structure, Soil Classification, Some Kind of Soil, Soil and Its Impact Damage also for life. These points will be described in Science Lovers blog in this post with the theme pedosphere (soil). May be beneficial to all my friends.

A. DEFINITIONS PEDOSPHERE

Pedosphere is the uppermost layer of the earth's surface where the process of soil formation. Simply put pedosphere can be interpreted as a layer of soil that occupies the uppermost part of the lithosphere (the outermost layer of the Earth's crust called wrappers sengai earth). Land is a natural form which formed from a mixture of rock weathering results (inorganic), organic, water, and air that occupies the top of the lithosphere. The study of land called pedology, while the science that specifically learn about the process of soil formation called pedogenesa.

B. FACTORS DETERMINING FACTORS LAND

1. Climate and climatic factors, which include weather and precipitation.

2. Organisms (vegetation, microorganisms), the organism influence on soil formation processes such as:

   - Making the process of weathering

  - Assist in the formation of humus

 - The influence of vegetation on soil properties, as seen in the temperate regions such as Europe and America

 - Contains chemical elements found in plants that affect soil properties.

3. Volcanic rocks, igneous, sediment, and metamorphic rocks. All of these rocks can be called by the parent material.

4. Relief Circumstances (Topography), Circumstances Relief region will affect a thick or thin layer of soil.

5. The time, the soil is alan objects are constantly changing, as a result of weathering and leaching continuously.

C. CONCEPT PEDON AND PROFILE OF LAND

1. Pedon

Pedon is the smallest volume that can be called the land and has the three-dimensional measurement. Pedon wide range between 1-10 m square. Pedon collection of Pedon-called polipedon. Polipedon wide minimum 2 sq m, while the maximum area is not limited.

2. Soil Profile

The soil profile or vertical cross section of land is a field of a side Pedon that characterize a layers of soil, or (Horizon Land). Each soil horizon show the difference, according to both chemical composition and physical. Most horizon can be distinguished from the base color. Differences in soil horizon formed due to two factors: the precipitation repeated by a puddle of water or soil leaching (leached) and because the process of soil formation. The process of formation of horizons that will generate new natural objects called ground. Horizons that make up the soil profile in succession from top to bottom is the horizon O, A, B, C, and D or R (BRF Rock).

D. STRUCTURE OF LAND

Soil structure is small clumps of soil due to soil grains sticking to one another. Soil structure has a different shape is as follows.

    Plate (Platy), is found in the horizon A.

    Prisma (Prosmatic), is found in the Horizon B in dry climate areas.

    Pole (Columnar) found in horizon B in dry climate areas.

    Angled glob (Angular Blocky) found in horizon B in the wet climate.

    Rounded glob (Sub Angular Blocky) found in horizon B in a wet climate areas.

    Granular (Granular) found in horizon A.

    Crumb (Crumb), found on the horizon A.

E. TEXTURE SOIL

Soil texture rough and smooth ground shows that based on the comparison of the number of grains Padir, dust and clay in the soil. To determine soil texture, there are 12 classes in terms of three soil texture.

F. CLASSIFICATION OF LAND

Soil classification system (naturally) that exist in the world is composed of various kinds. For many countries that use the classification system developed by the country itself. Soil class name by affixing said sol is an abbreviation of the Latin word solum. As is solum is the effective depth of soil that can still be reached by the roots of plants.

G. SOME TYPES OF SOIL

1. Peat / Land Organosol

Organosol soil is less fertile soil type to grow crops, the soil is the result of weathering formation marsh plants.

2. Soil Sediment / Soil Alluvial

Alluvial soil is soil that is formed from river silt that settles in the low-lying nature of the land has fertile and suitable for agriculture.

3. Land laterite

Laterite soil is not fertile soil that was fertile and rich in nutrients, but nutrients are lost due to late rains brought by the high water.

H. DAMAGE TO LAND AND ITS IMPACT FOR LIFE

Soil degradation is happening today is the impact of uncontrolled use of the environment, which causes an environmental crisis. The impact of which is felt in human life is the reduction of arable land which makes the depletion of land that can be used as the location of production agricultural needs (matters relating to agriculture) human.

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