ROLL OF ROCK cYCLING IN DETERMINING

SOIL CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

the concept of soil genesis

1) process vs factor
2) simultaneous process
3) distinictive regimes

ace and time

a) space

change in volume
inflation and deflatio

pedon scale inflation

addition of OM
change in bulky densty

scale defilation
erosion eolian deposition

pedon
OM decomposion

land scape scale

b) time
dynamic vs static

scale of observation
defining temprature varies for diffirent soil feature may be
driven by clamate and vegetattion change
2) simultaneous process

simultaneous process is multiple working hypothesis to deal with multiple variable.

genetically multi disiplinary in geology or mineralogy interaction with biology its
conclutions drawn from most supportable hypothesis
3)soil as synthographs of natural history
key process it is dissiplation of energy and form of energy dissiplating process will
change as soil matrix change
some type or rate of energy input realized as diffireent process depending on
current state

THE ROLLE OF ROCK CYCLING IN DETERMINING

SOIL CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

rock cycle means the formation and weathering of parent material.weathering may
be physical such as leaching erosion expantion or contraction and abrasion and
chemical weathering rates which process rates.
parent materia or rock cycle determine soil physical properties like texture
,structure,bulky density and water holding capacity and soil chemicalproperties like
redox potential,PH ,OM content and ion exchange capacity

ADDIS ABABA UNVERSITY

FACULITY OF COMPITITIONAL AND
NATURAL SEINCE
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
SOIL ASSIGNMENT

NAME
AMANUEL ABEBE

ID
NSR/3549/07