Abstract
Sandy soils are widespread in Hungary. Most of them have aeolian or alluvial origin and were deposited during the Quaternary. There is variation among them in the amount and depth of organic matter accumulation, salinity, pH and base status, and clay illuviation and in the degree of human influence. The paper reviews the major differentiation properties and criteria of sandy soils by using the taxonomic units of the modernized, Diagnostic-based Hungarian Soil Classification System (DHSCS) in which the sandy texture is recognized at several levels of the classification. The taxonomic relations of the classification units were assessed by distance studies of the centroids calculated from legacy laboratory data of the Hungarian Soil Information and Monitoring System (SIMS). The study and interpretation of differences were complemented with the application of mid-infrared (MIR) spectral measurements on soil samples from the SIMS archive and with distance calculations of soil-type centroids generated from the spectral signatures. The study of 2256 horizons of 550 profiles provided a good tool to evaluate the taxonomic relations of sandy soils to other soils. The laboratory and spectral data-based approaches were in good agreement, and MIR spectroscopy was found a useful way to support definition of taxonomic classes of sandy soils.
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Michéli, E., Fuchs, M., Gelsleichter, Y., Zein, M., Csorba, Á. (2023). Spectroscopy Supported Definition and Classification of Sandy Soils in Hungary. In: Hartemink, A.E., Huang, J. (eds) Sandy Soils. Progress in Soil Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50285-9_6
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