{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Bruand A"],"funding":["LabEx VOLTAIRE","Mapping the Biome CERRADO","Mapping the Biome CERRADO (Embrapa - IRD)"],"pagination":["17193"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9562979"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Ferralsols, which are estimated to cover 7.5 millions km<sup>2</sup> worldwide, are deeply weathered red or yellow soils found in the humid tropics. They are considered as the end of a geochemical sequence of weathering and are dominated by low-activity clay and sesquioxides. Their physical properties are closely related to their strong submillimetric granular structure. We aimed to characterize the 2:1 clay minerals identified in many Ferralsols and to discuss them as a marker of soil-feeding termite activity in Ferralsols. We present results recorded with Brazilian Ferralsols developed under Cerrado native vegetation on a range of parent materials. It was found that the 2:1 minerals vary from weakly weathered muscovite to hydroxy-Al interlayered vermiculite, sometimes associated to a fin"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pubmed_title":["Allochthonous material originating from saprolite as a marker of termite activity in Ferralsols."],"pmcid":["PMC9562979"],"funding_grant_id":["LABX-100-01","No 0203205"],"pubmed_authors":["Bruand A","Reatto A","de Souza Martins E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Allochthonous material originating from saprolite as a marker of termite activity in Ferralsols.","description":"Ferralsols, which are estimated to cover 7.5 millions km<sup>2</sup> worldwide, are deeply weathered red or yellow soils found in the humid tropics. They are considered as the end of a geochemical sequence of weathering and are dominated by low-activity clay and sesquioxides. Their physical properties are closely related to their strong submillimetric granular structure. We aimed to characterize the 2:1 clay minerals identified in many Ferralsols and to discuss them as a marker of soil-feeding termite activity in Ferralsols. We present results recorded with Brazilian Ferralsols developed under Cerrado native vegetation on a range of parent materials. It was found that the 2:1 minerals vary from weakly weathered muscovite to hydroxy-Al interlayered vermiculite, sometimes associated to a fin","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-19T06:46:16.071Z","creation":"2024-10-19T08:41:41.649Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9562979","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36229472"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-022-21613-6"]}}