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Smectite in Spodosols from the Adirondack Mountains of New York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

R. H. April ,
D. Keller  and
C. T. Driscoll
R. H. April*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton New York 13346
D. Keller
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton New York 13346
C. T. Driscoll
Affiliation:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse New York 13244, USA
*
E-mail: rapril@mail.colgate.edu
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Abstract

Clay mineral analysis of Spodosols collected from the Adirondack Mountains reveals that smectite is common in the forest floor and uppermost soil horizons (the O, A and E horizons) and probably forms from the transformation of vermiculite via a low-charge vermiculite intermediate. The conversion of vermiculite to smectite occurs in the upper part of the soil profile where organic acids and strong inorganic acids (derived from atmospheric deposition) combine to create an intense weathering environment. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and chemical data for the clay fraction indicate that both the smectite and the low-charge vermiculite are Al-rich and dioctahedral. The smectite appears to be a beidellite. Transformation of vermiculite to smectite may have progressed in these acidic horizons by net layer-charge reduction resulting from the progressive substitution of Si for Al. The parent material for the soil clays was probably biotite, but little remains in these soils.

Keywords

AdirondacksPodzolssmectitesoilsSpodosolsvermiculiteweathering

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 99 - 113
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2004

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