ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Differentiation of Mountainous Soil pH
and Its Influencing Factors in Guizhou Province,
China
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School of Karst Science School of Geography and Environmental Science, Guizhou Normal University,
Guiyang 550025, China
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State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Karst Mountain Ecology Environment of Guizhou Provence,
Guiyang, 550001, China
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Guizhou Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring, Guiyang 550081, China
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Toxicity Testing Center of Guizhou Medical University, Gui’an New region, Guizhou 550025, China
Submission date: 2023-04-27
Final revision date: 2023-06-06
Acceptance date: 2023-09-21
Online publication date: 2023-11-17
Publication date: 2024-01-22
Corresponding author
Xiaohui Lu
School of Karst Science School of Geography and Environmental Science, Guizhou Normal University, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(2):1277-1285
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In the complex mountainous environment, it is valuable to explore the variation rule of soil
pH for accurately managing soil pH and the sustainable use of soil. In this study, we collected
394,736 field surface soil samples and recorded the paired environmental conditions in Guizhou
Province. The spatial autocorrelation, semi-variance model and geographical detector were employed
to analyze the spatial structure characteristics and distribution pattern of soil pH. The results showed
that the surface soil pH varies from 3.11 to 8.99, with the variation coefficient of 17.14%. Soil pH
shows a patchy mosaic distribution pattern. The structural factors of climate, parent material, and
topography play a determinant role in controlling pH differentiation. Geo detector analysis showed that
the explanatory power of environmental factors for the soil pH differentiation is in the order of parent
rock (0.0976) > altitude (0.0144) > soil temperature regime (0.0112) > land use (0.00503) > soil moisture
regime (0.000812). The reciprocal effect of parent rock and altitude is noticeable.