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<p>Jenny’s soil formation equation places soil morphogenesis as a response to climate (cl), biota (o), relief (r), parent material (p), and time (t), written thus: s= <italic>f</italic> (cl, o, r, p, t…), where each variable is considered independent. Because some soils and paleosols contain cosmic impact/airburst evidence, recent soil morphogenesis research requires a rewritten equation: s= <italic>f</italic> (cl, o, r, p, t, <bold>c</bold>…<bold>)</bold>, where c = cosmic. This addition serves to alert researchers to the presence of cosmic input to soils under investigation as part of geological and geomorphological projects. In particular, research targeting the cause of the Younger Dryas Climatic Divide (YDCD) might focus only on pollen in European glaciolacustrine sediments, reversal of the marine thermohaline circulation in the N. Atlantic Ocean, and possible reversal of postglacial warming at the Allerød termination (12.8 ka), when a search for cosmic grains may change the research outcome. Hence, the importance of the ‘c’ addition to Jenny’s factor analysis of soil morphogenesis.</p>
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Jenny’s soil formation equation places soil morphogenesis as a response to climate (cl), biota (o), relief (r), parent material (p), and time (t), written thus: s= f (cl, o, r, p, t…), where each variable is considered independent. Because some soils and paleosols contain cosmic impact/airburst evidence, recent soil morphogenesis research requires a rewritten equation: s= f (cl, o, r, p, t, c…), where c = cosmic. This addition serves to alert researchers to the presence of cosmic input to soils under investigation as part of geological and geomorphological projects. In particular, research targeting the cause of the Younger Dryas Climatic Divide (YDCD) might focus only on pollen in European glaciolacustrine sediments, reversal of the marine thermohaline circulation in the N. Atlantic Ocean, and possible reversal of postglacial warming at the Allerød termination (12.8 ka), when a search for cosmic grains may change the research outcome. Hence, the importance of the ‘c’ addition to Jenny’s factor analysis of soil morphogenesis.

Critical assessment of Jenny’s soil forming equation in light of cosmic airbursts on the Viso Massif

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Jenny’s soil formation equation places soil morphogenesis as a response to climate (cl), biota (o), relief (r), parent material (p), and time (t), written...

Critical assessment of Jenny’s soil forming equation in light of cosmic airbursts on the Viso Massif

Publié en ligne: 29 déc. 2023

Pages: 183 - 195

Reçu: 10 juin 2023

Accepté: 05 août 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.18

Mots clés
Soil morphogenesis, France/Italy borderland, cosmic injections to soil genesis, ‘c’ independent soil forming variable

© 2023 William C. Mahaney, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Critical assessment of Jenny’s soil forming equation in light of cosmic airbursts on the Viso Massif

Publié en ligne: 29 déc. 2023

Pages: 183 - 195

Reçu: 10 juin 2023

Accepté: 05 août 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/logos.2023.29.3.18

Mots clésSoil morphogenesis, France/Italy borderland, cosmic injections to soil genesis, ‘c’ independent soil forming variable

© 2023 William C. Mahaney, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Soil morphogenesis, France/Italy borderland, cosmic injections to soil genesis, ‘c’ independent soil forming variable