Abstract
Feldspars and mica minerals are the two primary natural sources of potassium for most agricultural soils in Kentucky. Potassium feldspars are common mineral constituents of loess deposits in western Kentucky. Mica minerals, although dominant in shales, are also found in variable quantities in siltstone, sandstone and limestone parent materials of soils in the other regions of Kentucky. Because most of the soils in the western Coalfields and western Pennyroyal, and to a lesser extent in eastern Pennyroyal and Bluegrass, are covered by a loess cap of variable thickness, their surface mineralogy has been influenced by the feldspar-rich mineralogy of the loess mantle.
Publication Date
11-1987
Volume
8
Number
11
Repository Citation
Karathanasis, Anastasios D., "Potassium Mineralogy of Kentucky Soils" (1987). Soil Science News and Views. 65.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_views/65
