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Modelling the Impact of Climate Change and Irrigation by the Geographic Law of Soil Zonality

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In order to quantify the impact of climate change on soil fertility, it is possible to apply a mathematical simulation of the relationship between some soil properties (f) and mean annual climatic conditions (I) at the present time. The relationship f(I) can be quantitatively based on the geographical law of soil zonality [1–4] which says that the distribution of the world’s main soil types correlates with climate. In other words, the relationship f(I) reflects a permanent equilibrium between virgin soil and climate. In the case of a rather slow climatic change, the relationship f(I) (corresponding to geomorphologically homogeneous groups of soils with similar texture and subsoil mineralogy) should always be conserved.

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Nikolskii, I. (2010). Modelling the Impact of Climate Change and Irrigation by the Geographic Law of Soil Zonality. In: Issar, A. (eds) Progressive Development. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10640-8_17

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