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In Hokkaido, there are fossil acid sulfate soils (FASS) derived from marine deposits underground in some Pleistocene terraces and Tertiary hills. Land reclamation with back cutting and forward banking to create large gently sloping upland fields must be done carefully to avoid FASS, and FASS is also unsuitable for soil dressing of peat land. Some weathered materials of hydrothermal altered an-desite (WMHAA) exhibit the same properties as FASS. We surveyed outcrops of marine deposits or WMHAA near agricultural land improvement or other development projects:
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FASS is present in Holocene series of geological age, Pleistocene series and Neogene and Palaeogene systems all over Hokkaido. The color is grayish or olive. The pH with H2O ranges from 2.4 to 8.6. The content of aqua regia soluble-S of almost all samples is above 0.4%. An investigation at 4 outcrops of one marine deposit stratum over 2 km suggests that the distribution of FASS is local.
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There is WMHSS with pH below 3.5 after oxidation near volcanoes and hot springs. The color is dark blue, pale yellow, or greenish gray. The pH with H2O is below 3.5, the content of aqua regia soluble-S is above 0.4%.
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All samples of FASS and WMHAA contain pyrite, and some samples of FASS appear to contain greygite too.
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Ishiwata, T., Okita, Y., Saito, M. (1991). Fossil acid sulfate soils in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. In: Wright, R.J., Baligar, V.C., Murrmann, R.P. (eds) Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3438-5_7
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