STUDY OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES DITRIBUTION IN SOME CALCAREOUS SOILS IN NINEVEH PROVINCE EXTRACTED BY DIFFERENT DISSOLUTION METHODS.

Abstract

Forty soil samples from eight profiles were chosen to represent Al-Fadhilia , Kara-Tapa and Al-Hamdania regions, in Nineveh Province . Three selective dissolution methods were used to extract the different manganese phases DTPA , DCB and GAc. The results indicated that GAc, method was effective in extracting manganese adsorbed on calcium carbonates and clay surfaces ranged 38.78 - 47.74 mg.Kg-1 soil, DCB method was effective in dissolving manganese oxides especially in the thin black deposits and in Mn-Fe concretions was in second order ranged 11.78 - 39.9 mg.Kg-1 soil , while DTPA method was the lowest in extracting available manganese ranged 0.9 - 3.34 mg.Kg-1 soil.

Keywords

• profile
• gac
• dcb
• dtpa