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Formation of gibbsite in the presence of 2:1 minerals: an example from Ultisols of northeast India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

T. Bhattacharyya ,
D. K. Pal  and
P. Srivastava
T. Bhattacharyya*
Affiliation:
Division of Soil Resource Studies, National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440-010, India
D. K. Pal
Affiliation:
Division of Soil Resource Studies, National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440-010, India
P. Srivastava
Affiliation:
Division of Soil Resource Studies, National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning, Amravati Road, Nagpur 440-010, India
*
E-mail: tapas@nbsslup.mah.nic.in
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Abstract

There are two different views regarding the genesis of gibbsite in tropical acid soils: (1) direct weathering of primary Al-silicate minerals; and (2) transformation through clay mineral intermediates. We investigated the genesis of gibbsite in two representative Ultisols from northeastern India. Gibbsite in these Ultisols appears to be the remnant of earlier weathering products of aluminosilicate minerals formed in a neutral to alkaline pedochemical environment. The mere presence of gibbsite in these soils, therefore, does not indicate their advanced stage of weathering. The formation of typically rod-shaped and well-crystallized gibbsite in both the coarse and fine soil fractions in the presence of large amounts of 2:1 minerals indicates that the anti-gibbsite hypothesis may not be tenable in these tropical acid soils. A schematic model for the formation of gibbsite and kaolin in Ultisols is proposed.

Keywords

gibbsiteUltisolacid soilweatheringIndia
Type
Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , December 2000 , pp. 827 - 840
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2000

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