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The most likely occasion that soil scientists will come in contact with Fe oxides is when they note and try to explain the colors of soils. Many of these soil colors, notably those between red, brown, and yellow, are due to solid Fe oxides. Green-blue colors may also be explained by Fe compounds and even gray colors, although in a negative sense, reflect certain parts of the Fe cycle because the gray colors may indicate the removal of Fe oxides by microbial reduction.
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Schwertmann, U. (1988). Occurrence and Formation of Iron Oxides in Various Pedoenvironments. In: Stucki, J.W., Goodman, B.A., Schwertmann, U. (eds) Iron in Soils and Clay Minerals. NATO ASI Series, vol 217. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4007-9_11
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