TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship of soils developed on different parent materials in Niğde province with lithological units and determination of their suitability for usage agricultural purposes
AU - Torunlar, Harun
AU - Lermi, Abdurrahman
AU - Çiftçi, Emin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this study, general characteristics of soils formed on different parent materials in three different regions of Niğde province, their relationship with lithological units and the extent to which they are suitable for agricultural purposes were determined. Physical and chemical analysis values of rock and soil samples were used to reveal the relationship between lithological units and soils formed in the study area and correlation analysis was applied among the parameters. Multi Criteria Decision Making method was used to determine the suitability of these soils which are formed depending on the parent materials for agricultural use. In order to determine the effect rates among the main criteria of soil, topography, climate and geology and their sub criteria, Analytical Hierarchy Process of Multi Criteria Decision Making method was applied. According to this; Depending on the influence of the lithological units, the soils developed around Bor district are of basic character and the soils developed in Çiftlik and Gölcük districts and their vicinity are more acidic reaction. In addition, it has been determined that the soils of the Çiftlik district and its vicinity are developed by accumulation and in situ, while the soils around Gölcük and Bor districts are developed in situ. In determining the suitability of soils for agricultural use, it was calculated that the main criteria of geology was 5.5% and the criteria of lithological units, which is the sub-criterion of this, was 2.7% effective.
AB - In this study, general characteristics of soils formed on different parent materials in three different regions of Niğde province, their relationship with lithological units and the extent to which they are suitable for agricultural purposes were determined. Physical and chemical analysis values of rock and soil samples were used to reveal the relationship between lithological units and soils formed in the study area and correlation analysis was applied among the parameters. Multi Criteria Decision Making method was used to determine the suitability of these soils which are formed depending on the parent materials for agricultural use. In order to determine the effect rates among the main criteria of soil, topography, climate and geology and their sub criteria, Analytical Hierarchy Process of Multi Criteria Decision Making method was applied. According to this; Depending on the influence of the lithological units, the soils developed around Bor district are of basic character and the soils developed in Çiftlik and Gölcük districts and their vicinity are more acidic reaction. In addition, it has been determined that the soils of the Çiftlik district and its vicinity are developed by accumulation and in situ, while the soils around Gölcük and Bor districts are developed in situ. In determining the suitability of soils for agricultural use, it was calculated that the main criteria of geology was 5.5% and the criteria of lithological units, which is the sub-criterion of this, was 2.7% effective.
KW - Lithological units
KW - Multi criteria decision making method
KW - Soil
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U2 - 10.19111/bulletinofmre.742137
DO - 10.19111/bulletinofmre.742137
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098595197
SN - 0026-4563
VL - 163
SP - 141
EP - 166
JO - Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
JF - Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration
ER -