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Pedogenic Factors Affecting Magnetic Susceptibility of Northern California Soils

Dep. of Land, Air and Water Resources, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Pinchas Fine

Dep. of Pedology, Inst. of Soils and Water, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

*Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

Mass magnetic susceptibility () was measured on samples taken from horizons from 27 northern California soils to determine the amount and vertical distribution of , and if the observed distribution could be related to parent material, climate, topography and time. In most of the soils with vertical morphological distinctions, eluvial horizon was greater than illuvial, R or CR . This susceptibility enhancement was interpreted as being due to pedogenic processes. Soils formed on parent material rich in Fe-bearing minerals (e.g. basalt) had higher absolute and greater enhancement than did soils formed on Fe-poor parent material (e.g. siltstone). Enhancement was greater in soils from areas of high (>1000 mm) mean annual precipitation compared with areas of low (<500 mm) mean annual precipitation, and soils formed under mean annual temperature 6 °C had less distinct enhancement than soils formed in warmer temperature regimes provided the precipitation was the same. Two soils with poor and somewhat-poor drainage classes had distinctly lower absolute than associated well-drained soils. Both absolute in eluvial horizons and susceptibility enhancement of eluvial over illuvial, and eluvial over C horizons increased as soils became older. Older soils were enhanced to a greater depth than younger soils. Eluvial and illuvial was greater than parent material in most profiles because non- or weakly magnetic minerals were converted to maghemite, which accumulated in eluvial horizons. In young soils with little morphological differentiation formed on transported parent material, measurements help to locate lithologic discontinuities.

Joint contribution from the Dep. of LAWR, Univ. of California, Davis, and the Dep. of Pedology, Inst. of Soils and Water, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan. No. D2426-E, 1988 series, ARO.

Received for publication July 25, 1988.

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