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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (06): 1644-1654.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.062

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Differentiation Mechanism of Se Concentration in Soil Covering the Jurassic Strata in Chongqing: Case Studies from Jiangjin and Shizhu Regions

LIU Yonglin1,2(), ZHAO Jiayu1,2, LIU Yi1,2, WU Mei1,2, XIAO Huixian1,2, LIU Dinghui1,2, TIAN Xinglei3()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of GIS Application Research, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
    2. Geography and Tourism College, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
    3. Shandong Institute of Geological Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250013, China
  • Received:2022-09-22 Revised:2023-06-03 Online:2023-12-10 Published:2024-01-24

Abstract:

The differentiation mechanism of selenium (Se), and its bioavailability in soils developed from same pedogenic rocks in a similar geological environment remains elusive.To further explore the above issue, the surface soil samples above the Jurassic continental red beds were collected from the Jiangjin district (Se-rich) and Shizhu County (Se-poor) of Chongqing, and their chemical compositions were analyzed.This study provides an important reference to reveal the soil Se enrichment mechanism, and shows that the total soil Se content (TSe) at Jiangjin (0.32×10-6, arithmetic mean) is much higher than that of the Shizhu County (0.21×10-6).The proportion of Se-rich soil is 46% at Jiangjin and 21% at Shizhu.The phosphate extractable Se (ASe) content and ASe/TSe ratio at Jiangjin are significantly higher than those at Shizhu (0.02×10-6 and 9.9%, respectively).A stronger positive correlation between the TSe and ASe and organic matter (SOM) in the soil at Jiangjin than at Shizhu are revealed.It is concluded that the soil Se content and its bioavailability are very different from those developed on the Jurassic red beds in the Mesozoic Sichuan foreland basin, and this difference may be caused by the differences in soil physicochemical properties (such as the soil organic matter content), which affected the soil Se migration and enrichment.

Key words: selenium, Jurassic, continental red bed, Jiangjin district, Shizhu County

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