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Geochemical and mineralogical processes leading to variation of soil characteristics on calcareous toposequence in semiarid ecosystem condition

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Soils are under the influence of their formation processes at varying rates. Determining the variability and characteristics of soils due to the formation processes’ effects is vital for sustainable soil management. This study aimed to investigate soils formed on limestone and on different physiographic units (summit, shoulder, backslope and footslope) under semiarid climatic condition. That is why, the present study assessed clay mineralogy, weathering indices, mass loss/gain states, and physic-chemical properties of different profiles. It is concluded that smectite clay mineral is dominant in the profile IV located on footslope position with differences in clay mineralogy due to physiographical change. The summit physiographic unit includes the highest aggregate stability (63.74%). The soil’s field capacity and wilting point contents showed statistically significant variation with the increase in smectite clay minerals in the PIV profile on the footslope unit (p < 0.01). In addition, a positive (0.506; p < 0.05) directional relationship was found between the variability in physiographic units (from summit to footslope) and the available water content (AWC). In addition, bulk density and porosity characteristics varied depending on the particle size distribution and land use type. The soils formed on shoulder and backslope units classified as Entisol soil order are described as “not decomposed” according to the Chemical Alteration Index (CIA), Chemical Weathering Index (CIW), and Plagioclase Alteration Index (PIA) values. On the other hand, in the Inceptisol and Vertisol soils, it was determined leaching process for basic cations in the PI and PIV profiles located on the summit and footslope. As for mass balance system, the highest losses from the soil formed on the backslope whereas, the PI and PIV formed on the footslope position gains. As a result of this study, it has been revealed that soil formation process in the summit and footslope is more effective than in other physiographic units. Therefore, physico-chemical properties are mainly affected by these processes.

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This study was supported financially by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK-118O282). The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific research grant from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.

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All the authors contributed to the study conception and design. Methodology, conceptualization and resources were done by OD and HŞ. Supervision was performed by OD. Material preparation, investigation and analysis were performed by OD, HŞ and PA. All the maps were created by OD. The first draft of the manuscript was written by OD and PA, and all the authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Alaboz, P., Şenol, H. & Dengiz, O. Geochemical and mineralogical processes leading to variation of soil characteristics on calcareous toposequence in semiarid ecosystem condition. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 33, 903–921 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-022-01111-7

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