Micromorphological features of clay translocations in Mediterranean red soils (Rhodoxeralfs-Haploxeralfs)

Abstract

In Soil Micromorphology, a thin-section is representative of a horizon. The basic descriptive unit is the s-matrix; it consists of the plasma, skeletcm grains and voids (porosity) ... (Kubiena, 1938; Brewer, 1964). The arrangement of these basic components and the proportions of plasma, silt and sand lead to formation of distinct «related distribution patterns». The plasma - colloidal fraction of the soil- is the most active component of the soil material and is capable of reorganization, translocation and neoformation.