Abstract Abundant silica-undersaturated potassic lavas are found in the centre of Turkish–Iranian plateau (NW Iran) as flows, pillows and dykes. They display abundant zoned clinopyroxene macrocrysts xenoliths igneous cumulates. We determined four types crystals (Type-I, -II, -III -IV) on basis their composition zoning patterns. Use situ compositional data, together with whole-rock major trace e...

Salt-affected soils are generally classified into two main categories: saline and sodic (alkaline). Developing and using soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) cultivars with high salt tolerance is an effective way of maintaining sustainable production in areas where soybean growth is threatened by salt stress. Early classical genetics studies revealed that saline tolerance was conditioned by a single...

Fresh water source scarcity in arid and semiarid area is limitation factor for saline-sodic soil reclamation. The reusing of agricultural drainage and industrial wastewater are preferred strategies for combating with this concern. The objective of current study was evaluation in application of industrial sugar manufacture wastewater due to high soluble organic compounds in saline-sodic and sodi...

in order to comparision of the micromorphic properties of saline-sodic and nonsaline-nonsodic soils in the west of urmia lake, four soil profiles (2profile in saline-sodic soils and 2profiles in nonsaline-nonsodic soils) were investigated. these profiles were described and sampled using standard methods. soil samples were used for physico chemical analysis and undisturbed and oriented samples w...

Soil alkalinisation generally constitutes a major threat to irrigated agriculture in the semiarid regions of West Africa. The improvement of sodic soils is generally difficult and expensive. However, a recent study in the Niger valley in NIGER, reveals that a natural dealkalinisation is possible under natural conditions in a semi-arid climate. Transformation of non-saline sodic soil into brown ...

Sodic soils have low organic carbon content, microbial load and their activities which were the biological indicators of soil health. Soil organic carbon is the kay factor which derives the soil functions. A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of different amendments and micronutrient mixture on soil biological properties. Gypsum+GM, DSW (distillery spent wash) and GLM (Glyricidi...

sakhtehesar mountain is located in urumieh-dokhtar magmatic belt and is composed of volcanic and subvolcanic rocks (pliocene andesite to dacite) which intruded the volcanics and pyroclastics of paleocene age. three alteration zones including potassic, phyllic and propylitic are recognized in the area. in this paper, the mineral chemistry of magmatic and primary biotite and the mineral chemistry...