{"title":"Distribution of agromineral resources in space and time – a global geological perspective","authors":"P. Straaten","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2022.v57.01453","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Agromineral resources are minerals and rocks used to improve soil productivity and health. These resources can be applied: indirectly, by extracting and concentrating one or more minerals by industrial processes for the production of conventional, highly soluble fertilizers; and directly, without processing, except fine grinding, for direct soil application. Agromineral resources include sedimentary phosphates, limestones/dolostones, potash and glauconite-bearing rocks of sedimentary origin, basaltic rocks, phonolites, kamafugites, and glass-rich mafic rocks of igneous origin. Among metamorphic agromineral resources, marble and biotite schist stand out. However, agromineral resources are not equally distributed on Earth’s surface, occurring more in one area than in another, and have accumulated in various geotectonic settings related to plate tectonics, being formed in specific geological time periods in Earth’s history. Therefore, these resources occur in specific “agromineral provinces” and were formed during specific “agromineral epochs”. This paper provides a conceptual framework for agromineral resource distribution in time and space. Agrominerals have a high potential to be used as directly applied soil amendments and soil remineralizers for new and innovative farming strategies, provided the amendments are low or free of contaminants.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2022.v57.01453","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Agromineral resources are minerals and rocks used to improve soil productivity and health. These resources can be applied: indirectly, by extracting and concentrating one or more minerals by industrial processes for the production of conventional, highly soluble fertilizers; and directly, without processing, except fine grinding, for direct soil application. Agromineral resources include sedimentary phosphates, limestones/dolostones, potash and glauconite-bearing rocks of sedimentary origin, basaltic rocks, phonolites, kamafugites, and glass-rich mafic rocks of igneous origin. Among metamorphic agromineral resources, marble and biotite schist stand out. However, agromineral resources are not equally distributed on Earth’s surface, occurring more in one area than in another, and have accumulated in various geotectonic settings related to plate tectonics, being formed in specific geological time periods in Earth’s history. Therefore, these resources occur in specific “agromineral provinces” and were formed during specific “agromineral epochs”. This paper provides a conceptual framework for agromineral resource distribution in time and space. Agrominerals have a high potential to be used as directly applied soil amendments and soil remineralizers for new and innovative farming strategies, provided the amendments are low or free of contaminants.
期刊介绍:
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira – PAB – is issued monthly by Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – EMBRAPA, affiliated to Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. PAB publishes original scientific-technological articles on Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Crop Science, Genetics, Soil Science, Food Technology and Animal Science.
Its abbreviated title is Pesq. agropec. bras., and it should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic strips.