ARROUG, S. (1998). RELATION OF SOIL GENESIS AND UNIFORMITY OF SAND FRACTION TO SOIL EROSION IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 76(2), 421-432. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1998.346617
SALAH ELDIN M. ARROUG. "RELATION OF SOIL GENESIS AND UNIFORMITY OF SAND FRACTION TO SOIL EROSION IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 76, 2, 1998, 421-432. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1998.346617
ARROUG, S. (1998). 'RELATION OF SOIL GENESIS AND UNIFORMITY OF SAND FRACTION TO SOIL EROSION IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 76(2), pp. 421-432. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1998.346617
ARROUG, S. RELATION OF SOIL GENESIS AND UNIFORMITY OF SAND FRACTION TO SOIL EROSION IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1998; 76(2): 421-432. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1998.346617
RELATION OF SOIL GENESIS AND UNIFORMITY OF SAND FRACTION TO SOIL EROSION IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT
Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre. Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Microscopic examination of the sod of Khashm El-fish ridge, the north western coast of Egypt, revealed that the light mineral fraction was about 96% quartz. Opaque heavy minerals ranged from 55.6% to 71.6% in all samples. Non opaques consisted mainly of meta-stable min-erals (pyroxines, st aureate and garnet) whereas little ultra-stable miner-als (zircon, tourmaline and rutle) were detected. Strong evidence is pressented that the soils of Khashm El-Fish ridge are weakly weathered, and their original sediments are mainly transported by surface flowing water action. and not by wind. There-fore, the soils are considered young order Entisols, according to USDA classification (1992).
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