Soil colours indicate different processes
Antonio Jordán
University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
The photograph corresponds to a paleosol in the island of Mallorca (Spain), and shows an intense red colour (due to the massive release of dehydrated iron oxides, hematite), dark spots (manganese oxides) and a yellowish colour surrounding cracks and macropores were water flows (hydration and reduction of iron minerals).
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Antonio Jordán (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.8 MB
Width
1664 px
Height
2496 px
Aspect
2:3
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 350D
Exposure
39 mm f/6.3 1/80 s ISO 400
Taken
4 September 2013
Coordinates
39.3664, 3.1279
Tint
Dark yellowish pink
Submitted
17 September 2013
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