Pedodiversity and pedogenesis in Zayandeh-rud Valley, Central Iran |
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Authors: | Norair Toomanian Ahmad Jalalian Hossein Khademi Mostafa Karimian Eghbal Andreas Papritz |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran;bDepartment of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran;cInstitute of Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences, CHN E 32.1, Universitatstrasse 16, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | A geomorphic hierarchical downscaling method was used to decompose the forms and processes forming the landscapes and their subdivisions in the main region of Zayandeh-rud Valley. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of soil heterogeneity and to check if K-entropy would be a good measure of soil evolution. Soil diversity analyses were performed considering soil families as individuals of soil entities in each geomorphic or taxonomic category level. Pedodiversity indices were used to follow the trend of soil and landscape evolution. The relationships between K-entropy (Shannon diversity index) and pedo-richness versus increasing area were analyzed to find out the effects of soil–landscape evolution on complexity of soil patterns in different geomorphic surfaces. Entropy–age relationship was studied to check the pedogenetic pathways responsible for soil landscape evolution. The soil diversity increases as geomorphic and taxonomic hierarchy levels decrease. The diversity indices were high when the sequence of soil horizons in a homogeneous family was also investigated. An increase in K-entropy of soil and landscape during time confirms the hypothesis of soil divergence evolution, whereby differences in initial conditions or local perturbations, and dynamic instability appear to have produced more variable soils and landscapes in the study area. |
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Keywords: | Geomorphologic hierarchy Pedodiversity Divergence pedogenesis |
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