<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Agricultural activity, especially <italic>agricultural mechanization</italic>, leads to acceleration of erosion in rolling and hilly country. The level of the erosion process, already during territorial observations, may be assessed by the thickness of the humus horizon. In the vicinity of Bytów, the deluvial humus horizons have even achieved thickness of 100 cm. These horizons are also richer in organic matter than humus horizons located on flat-topped mountains and mountain sides. Deluvial horizons are characterized by a somewhat less acid reaction, sometimes even neutral, and somewhat greater dehydration of the sorption complex by alkaline cations.</p></abstract>

Agricultural activity, especially agricultural mechanization, leads to acceleration of erosion in rolling and hilly country. The level of the erosion process, already during territorial observations, may be assessed by the thickness of the humus horizon. In the vicinity of Bytów, the deluvial humus horizons have even achieved thickness of 100 cm. These horizons are also richer in organic matter than humus horizons located on flat-topped mountains and mountain sides. Deluvial horizons are characterized by a somewhat less acid reaction, sometimes even neutral, and somewhat greater dehydration of the sorption complex by alkaline cations.

Colluvic Umbrisols As a Result of the Erosion Process of Rolling and Hilly Country in Agricultural Area

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoecology

Miscellanea Geographica

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Agricultural activity, especially agricultural mechanization, leads to acceleration of erosion in rolling and hilly country. The level of the erosion process,...

Colluvic Umbrisols As a Result of the Erosion Process of Rolling and Hilly Country in Agricultural Area

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 213 - 219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0020

Keywords
Colluvic Umbrisols, thickness of the humus horizon, fractional composition of humus, reaction, dehydration of the sorption complex by alkaline ions

© 2010 Barbara Braun, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Colluvic Umbrisols As a Result of the Erosion Process of Rolling and Hilly Country in Agricultural Area

Published Online: Nov 25, 2018

Page range: 213 - 219

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0020

KeywordsColluvic Umbrisols, thickness of the humus horizon, fractional composition of humus, reaction, dehydration of the sorption complex by alkaline ions

© 2010 Barbara Braun, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Colluvic Umbrisols, thickness of the humus horizon, fractional composition of humus, reaction, dehydration of the sorption complex by alkaline ions