TABLE 1.
Properties of the soils analyzed
Soil | % of component
|
Concn of element (mg/kg)
|
pH | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clay | Sand | Silt | Nitrogen | Organic carbon | ||
Ljubljana marsh | 6 | 16.3 | 77.7 | 1.3 | 150 | 6 |
Himalaya | ||||||
6,000 m | 0.5 | 69.5 | 30 | 0.50 | 3.73 | 5.41 |
5,600 m | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0.85 | 8.72 | 5.89 |
5,400 m | 0 | 68 | 32 | 0.84 | 6.07 | 5.89 |
Champ Noël | 14.1 | 19.3 | 66.6 | 1.04 | 9.4 | 5.89 |
Nancy | 33.3 | 15.4 | 51.3 | 1.7 | 15.3 | 5.8 |