TITLE:
Soil Clay Mineralogical Phase Analysis of Ganges Floodplain Soils by XRD and XRF
AUTHORS:
Shamiha Nazmin, Anindita Das, Md. Zulfikar Khan, Md. Sadiqul Amin, Md. Hanif
KEYWORDS:
Soil Minerals, Ganges Floodplain Soil, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Soil Science,
Vol.9 No.12,
December
31,
2019
ABSTRACT: Soil minerals study is vital in terms of investigating the major soil forming compounds and to find out the fate of minor and trace elements in soils. It is also essential for the soil-plant interaction purpose. To identify soil mineral phases especially clay minerals, X-ray diffraction (XRD) has been a popular technique. The clay mineralogical information of soils in Bangladesh is limited, especially in Ganges flood plain region (Agro Ecological Zone (AEZ) 12 and 13). Therefore, to overcome this limitation, in this study, we performed XRD analysis of