Table 1. Characteristics of soda solonchak soils and lacustrine dry soda mud samples.
General information | pH of 1:5 water extract | Total soluble salts (g/kg) | Soluble carbonate alkalinity (mM) | |||
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Sample code | Number of samples | Year of sampling | Sample type | |||
AA | 10 | 1988 | SS | 9.45–10.2 | 12–388 | 20–1,870 |
KUS | 4 | 1998 | SS | 9.2–9.9 | 26–96 | 23–40 |
BS | 2 | 1998 | SS | 9.71–10.70 | 25–60 | 10–502 |
KS | 14 | 2003 | SS | 9.60–10.21 | 53–385 | 150–1,520 |
MS | 24 | 1999 | SS | 9.70–10.80 | 12–128 | 10–1,140 |
EWN | 3 | 2000 | SS | 10.05–10.30 | 85–102 | 750–1,740 |
MLC | 4 | 2001 | SLM | 9.2–9.8 | 30–43 | 130–240 |
KT | 16 | 1988; 1996; 1999 | SLM | 9.6–10.7 | 43–160 | 45–890 |
Notes.
Sample code
- AA
- Ararate valley Armenia
- BS
- Barabinskaya Steppe, Novosibirsk region, Russia
- KUS
- Kunkurskay steppe, Buriatia, Russia
- KS
- Kulunda Steppe, Altai region, Russia
- MS
- north-eastern Mongolia, Choibalsan province
- EWN
- Wadi al Natrun valley, Libyan Desert, Egypt
- MLC
- Mono Lake, California, USA
- KT
- Kenya-Tanzania
- Sample type: SS
- continental soda solonchak soil
- SLM
- dry soda mad near soda lakes