Identifying the influence of urbanization on soil organic matter content and p H from soil magnetic characteristics

作     者：YANG Han XIONG Heigang CHEN Xuegang WANG Yaqi ZHANG Fang 

作者机构：College of Resource and Environment Sciences Xinjiang University College of Geographical Science and Tourism Xinjiang Normal University College of Applied Arts and Science of Beijing Union University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Arid Land》 (干旱区科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第7卷第6期

页      面：820-830页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0709[理学-地质学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 09[农学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0705[理学-地理学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 090301[农学-土壤学] 

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41171165, 41161029) the Importation and Development of High-Caliber Talents Project of Beijing Municipal Institutions (IDHT20130322) the Talent Strong School Plan of Funded Project of Beijing Union University (BPHR2012E01) 

主　　题：environmental magnetism surface soil p H soil organic matter content 

摘      要：Soil magnetic characteristics are correlated with soil p H and organic matter content. Analyzing soil magnetic characteristics, organic matter content and p H can indirectly evaluate soil pollution caused by human activities. This study analyzed the soil magnetic characteristics, organic matter content and p H in surface soil samples from different land use types in Shihezi city, a newly and rapidly developing oasis city in Xinjiang of China. The aims of this study were to explore the possible relationships among the soil magnetic parameters and thereby improve the understanding of influence of urbanization on soil properties. Eighty surface soil samples at the depth of 0–10 cm were collected from 29 July to 4 August 2013. The results showed that the magnetic minerals in surface soil were dominated by ferromagnetic minerals. Spatially, the magnetic susceptibility（χLF）, anhysteretic remanent magnetization susceptibility（χARM）, saturation isothermal remanent magnetization（SIRM） and ＂soft＂ isothermal remanent magnetization（SOFT） were found to be most dominant in the new northern urban area B（N-B）, followed by built-up areas（U）, suburban agricultural land（F）, and then the new northern urban area A（N-A）. The values of χLF, χARM, SIRM and SOFT were higher in the areas with high intensities of human activities and around the main roads. Meanwhile, the property ＂hard＂ isothermal remanent magnetization（HIRM） followed the order of U〉N-B〉F〉N-A. Built-up areas had an average p H value of 7.93, which was much higher than that in the new northern urban areas as well as in suburban agricultural land, due to the increased urban pollutant emissions. The average value of soil organic matter content in the whole study area was 34.69 g/kg, and the values in the new northern urban areas were much higher than those in the suburban agricultural land and built-up areas. For suburban agricultural land, soil organic matter content was significantly negatively correlated with χLF, and had no