Modelling the pH dependency of dissolved calcium and aluminium in O, A and B horizons of acid forest soils

P Gruba, J Mulder, S Brożek - Geoderma, 2013 - Elsevier
P Gruba, J Mulder, S Brożek
Geoderma, 2013Elsevier
The molar ratio of the calcium (Ca) and aluminium (Al) activities (Ca/Al ratio) in soil water is
an important indicator for forest health conditions, with values less than 1 indicating negative
conditions for forest growth. Here we used and calibrated a simple model, with only modest
parameter requirement, to describe the Ca activity in soil water of acid forest soils according
to the Gaines–Thomas exchange equation. Next, the model was combined with the Al (OH)
3 equilibrium model, applicable at pH> pHthreshold, and the recently developed Al solubility …
The molar ratio of the calcium (Ca) and aluminium (Al) activities (Ca/Al ratio) in soil water is an important indicator for forest health conditions, with values less than 1 indicating negative conditions for forest growth. Here we used and calibrated a simple model, with only modest parameter requirement, to describe the Ca activity in soil water of acid forest soils according to the Gaines–Thomas exchange equation. Next, the model was combined with the Al(OH)3 equilibrium model, applicable at pH>pHthreshold, and the recently developed Al solubility model (based on organic complexation theory, applicable at pH<pHthreshold) proposed by Gruba and Mulder (2008). The pHthreshold is the pH of the soil above which the Al(OH)3 equilibrium model and below which the organic complexation model control the Al solubility. Calibration of the Gaines–Thomas selectivity coefficient for calcium–aluminium exchange resulted in LogKCa-Al(gt) close to zero. A combined model, including the Gaines–Thomas equation and an aluminium solubility model, was tested subsequently for internal consistency, using a set of 32 samples each from A and B horizons of forest soils (Cambisols) located in Southern Poland (pHH2O range 3.3–5.4). The observed relationship between pHH2O and CaX for a large number of O, A and B horizons from Polish lowland soils, as reported in a second data set, was in accordance with the general curvi-linear pattern predicted by the models. The observations in data set II also indicate that at any given CaX, the value of pHH2O increased in the order O<A<B horizon. Probably, this order is explained by the increase in pHKCl and the decrease in Ca activity. Model predictions suggested that molar Ca/Al<1 occurred at levels of exchangeable Ca smaller than 4%.
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