University of Tabriz Water and Soil Science 2008-5133 21 1 2014 04 30 Impact of Geomorphology on Carbonate Pedofeatures in the Soils from South of Ahar, Iran Impact of Geomorphology on Carbonate Pedofeatures in the Soils from South of Ahar, Iran 43 55 1244 FA M Servati AA Jafarzadeh A Heydari F Shahbazi Journal Article 2014 04 30 Carbonate accumulation is an important criterion for soil evaluation and classification in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, characteristics of carbonate pedofeatures at two different landforms of floodplain and pediment were studied using micromorphological techniques. Inherited carbonate features in both landforms are affected by soil forming processes with obvious role of bio-organisms due to either CO₂evolution or drying and wetting of soil fabric. Carbonate microcrystallines in soil profiles of the floodplain indicated that these soils are apparently younger than the soils forming on the pediment. Pediment soils show yellowish carbonate concretions with crystallitic b-fabric which indicate soil forming processes impacts. On the other hand, brownish carbonate concretions, which increase form upper to lower parts, in pediment soils indicate that they are probably inherited from parent material. But these features show an irregular pattern in soil profiles of floodplain.   Carbonate accumulation is an important criterion for soil evaluation and classification in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, characteristics of carbonate pedofeatures at two different landforms of floodplain and pediment were studied using micromorphological techniques. Inherited carbonate features in both landforms are affected by soil forming processes with obvious role of bio-organisms due to either CO₂evolution or drying and wetting of soil fabric. Carbonate microcrystallines in soil profiles of the floodplain indicated that these soils are apparently younger than the soils forming on the pediment. Pediment soils show yellowish carbonate concretions with crystallitic b-fabric which indicate soil forming processes impacts. On the other hand, brownish carbonate concretions, which increase form upper to lower parts, in pediment soils indicate that they are probably inherited from parent material. But these features show an irregular pattern in soil profiles of floodplain.   https://water-soil.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_1244_40053bb92d4f15e81cfd12e9a9de077e.pdf