The Significance of Soil Micromorphology Research in Land Reclamation

Abstract

Soil micromorphology is an emerging branch of soil science that aims to study the formation and structure of soils at a microscopic level. The study of soil micromorphology can be used for the analysis of soil genesis and evolution, the development of land remediation techniques, the analysis of the causes of geological hazards, the mechanisms of soil quality degradation, the process of soil formation and material changes in “anthropogenic soils” and many other aspects. With the gradual development of instrumentation, scanning electron microscopy, light microscopy and scanning CT have been widely used in the study of soil micromorphology. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the current state of development of soil micromorphology techniques and the possible problems that may exist in the future.

Keywords

• soil micromorphology
• micro structure
• land reclamation