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Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals pp 351–396Cite as

Iron Compounds as Indicators of Pedogenic Processes: Examples from the Southern Hemisphere

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This Chapter is concerned with the distribution, occurrence, and properties of Fe compounds as characteristics of soils in selected parts of the Southern Hemisphere resulting from pedological processes of formation and transformation. The discussion is necessarily selective and concentrates on the evidence obtained from soils and weathering residues from parts of Australia, southern Africa, New Zealand, and Antarctica. While much remains to be learned about the pedogenic significance of Fe compounds in pedogenic processes, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere, the importance of Fe oxides as suitable indicators of particular pedogenic environments has been recognized by some workers (see Schwertmann, 1984, 1987). The most important variations that seem to occur with respect to the Fe oxide mineralogy and the different pedogenic weathering environments are their mineral forms (Schwertmann et al., 1974; Schwertmann and Taylor, 1977), crystallinity, and A1 substitution (Norrish and Taylor, 1961; Fitzpatrick and Schwertmann, 1982). In this review these features of Fe compounds are described for some selected soils in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, possible modes of formation and transformation are outlined, and their use in possible paleoenvironmental reconstructions is discussed.

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Fitzpatrick, R.W. (1988). Iron Compounds as Indicators of Pedogenic Processes: Examples from the Southern Hemisphere. In: Stucki, J.W., Goodman, B.A., Schwertmann, U. (eds) Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals. NATO ASI Series, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4007-9_13

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