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Long-Term Chemical, Mineralogical, and Morphological Effects of Iron-Redox Processes in Periodically Flooded Soils

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The short-term processes of reduction of Fe(III) oxides to dissolved, adsorbed, and solid Fe(II), discussed previously (van Breemen, 1987), often have important consequences over decades, centuries, or millennia. This Chapter deals with a number of long-term consequences of Fe redox processes. First, the process of ferrolysis, hypothesized by Brinkman (1970), will be discussed to explain a number of properties of seasonally flooded soils. Ferrolysis is a cyclic process in seasonally waterlogged soils that starts with displacement of adsorbed cations by Fe(II). Under suitable hydrologic conditions, the displaced cations may be lost by leaching. The resulting soil acidification often affects the clay mineralogical composition and the morphology of the surface soil.

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    B. A. Goodman

  3. Institut für Bodenkunde, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

    U. Schwertmann

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van Breemen, N. (1988). Long-Term Chemical, Mineralogical, and Morphological Effects of Iron-Redox Processes in Periodically Flooded Soils. 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_24

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