Transformation of clay minerals in nanoparticles of several zonal soils in China

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 211 - 220
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhi Yi, Huang, Li, Liu, Fan, Wang, Ming Kuang, Ndzana, Georges Martial, Liu, Zhi Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aluminum base alloys; Aluminum oxide; Analytical methods; B horizons; Bayer process; Biological activity; chemical bonding; Chemical bonds; China; Clay; Clay minerals; Climatic conditions; climatic factors; Climatic zones; Colloids; Composition; Earth and Environmental Science; elemental composition; Environment; Environmental Physics; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Fourier transforms; Gibbsite; Hapludalfs; Hapludults; Haplustalfs; Illite; Illites; Infrared spectroscopy; interstratified minerals; Kaolinite; Latitude; microwave treatment; Mineralogy; Minerals; Nanoparticles; Sec 3 • Remediation and Management of Contaminated or Degraded Lands • Research Article; Sequencing; Silica; Silicon dioxide; smectite; Smectites; Soil; Soil analysis; Soil formation; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil testing; Soils; Subtropical zones; subtropics; Temperate zones; Vermiculite; Vermiculites; Weathering; X-ray diffraction; China; Nanoparticles; Clay minerals; Transformation; Zonal soils

Purpose Clay minerals significantly affect the physical, chemical, and biological processes of soils. They undergo spontaneous modification and transformation depending to the climatic conditions. Information concerning the compositions and transformation of clay minerals in nanoparticle colloids (N...