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.. THE PEAT GENESIS IN THE LOWLANDS OF CENTRAL KALIMANTAN PROVINCE. THE RESPECTIVE INFLUENCE OF PODZOLISATION AND BAD DRAINAGE, THE TWO MAIN PROCESSES'OF PEAT GENESIS IN KALIMANTAN. G. . SIEFFERMA"*, S. TRIUTOMO**, M.T. SADELMAN***, A. KRISTIJONO** S.A. * t* *** PARHADIMULYO**. . . ORSTOM - GADJA~I MADA UNIVERSITY programme of cooperation, Sekip K 3, Yogyakarta, DIY: Agency for the Assessment and Application of. Technology, (BPP Teknologi) J1. MH. Thamrin 8, Lt. 18, Jakarta. BAPPEDA, J1. Diponegoro 60, Palangka-Ra,ya, ,KALTEN&. / A B S T R A C T This study conce'rns numerous peat profiles of CENTRAL KALI- MANTAN P R O V I N C E , . l o c a t e d north and south of PALANGKA-RAYA, main- ly between KATINGAN and KAHAYAN 'rivers , along 2he SEBANGAU val- b ley. % . After a short presentation of the geomorphologic, climatic and geologic characteristics of the region, the distribution of the peat is studied. In the upper part of-the SEBANGAU valley, north and south ' of PALANGKA-RAYA, the peat is very often more than 4 meters thick, even in the highest topographic positions, and frequently associated with tropical podzcls. In the central and coastal part of the SEBANGAU valley the thickness of the peat usually does not exceed 1 meter. The peat accumulation has been interpreted by the authors C. ORS7'0ii:1 Funas Documentaire
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. . THE PEAT G E N E S I S I N THE LOWLANDS O F CENTRAL KALIMANTAN P R O V I N C E .

THE R E S P E C T I V E INFLUENCE O F P O D Z O L I S A T I O N AND BAD DRAINAGE,

THE TWO MAIN PROCESSES'OF P E A T G E N E S I S I N KALIMANTAN.

G . . S I E F F E R M A " * , S. TRIUTOMO**, M.T. SADELMAN***, A. K R I S T I J O N O * *

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PARHADIMULYO**. . .

ORSTOM - G A D J A ~ I MADA UNIVERSITY programme of coopera t ion ,

S e k i p K 3 , Yogyakarta, DIY:

A g e n c y for t h e A s s e s s m e n t a n d A p p l i c a t i o n o f . Technology,

(BPP T e k n o l o g i ) J1. MH. Thamrin 8 , L t . 18, Jakarta.

BAPPEDA, J1. D i p o n e g o r o 6 0 , P a l a n g k a - R a , y a , ,KALTEN&.

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A B S T R A C T

T h i s s t u d y conce ' rns n u m e r o u s peat p r o f i l e s of CENTRAL K A L I -

MANTAN P R O V I N C E , . l o c a t e d n o r t h and s o u t h of PALANGKA-RAYA, main-

l y b e t w e e n KATINGAN a n d KAHAYAN ' r ivers , along 2he SEBANGAU val- b

l e y . % .

A f t e r a s h o r t p r e s e n t a t i o n of the g e o m o r p h o l o g i c , c l i m a t i c

a n d geologic charac te r i s t ics of t h e r e g i o n , t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n

of t h e peat i s s tud ied .

I n t h e upper p a r t o f - t h e SEBANGAU va l ley , n o r t h a n d s o u t h '

of PALANGKA-RAYA, t h e peat i s ve ry o f t e n more t h a n 4 meters

t h i c k , even i n t h e h i g h e s t topographic p o s i t i o n s , and f r e q u e n t l y

associated w i t h t r o p i c a l p o d z c l s .

I n t h e cen t r a l and coas ta l p a r t of t h e SEBANGAU v a l l e y t h e

t h i c k n e s s of t h e peat u s u a l l y does n o t exceed 1 m e t e r .

The peat a c c u m u l a t i o n has b e e n i n t e r p r e t e d by t h e a u t h o r s

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a s a . r e s u l t of two d i f f e r e n t p rocesses :

- I n t h e upper p a r t of t h e SEBANGAU v a l l e y and nea r PALANGKA-

RAYA, t h e p e a t accumulat ion seems t o be t h e consequence of

an extreme base d e s a t u r a t i o n of Al hor izons of podzols which

has led t o a dec rease of t h e m i c r o b i o l o g i c a l a c t i v i t y and con-

s e q u e n t l y t o t h e accumulat ion of t h e non-decomposed o r g a n i c

ma t t e r s .

The p o d z o l i s a t i o n appea r s , l n t h i s ca se , as a p rev ious -

and necessa ry process f o r t h e p e a t accumulat ion and g i v e s

an i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e podzol hor izons under ly ing t h e p e a t .

- I n t h e c e n t r a l and c o a s t a l p a r t of t h e SEBANGAU v a l l e y , t h e

o r g a n i c m a t t e r accumulat ion can be r e l a t e d w i t h t h e bad d r a i -

nage of c l a y e y and f l a t low-lands n e a r t h e s e a l e v e l . The

s m a l l t h i c k n e s s of t h e p e a t could be t h e consequence of a

h i g h e r m i c r o b i o l o g i c a l decomposi t ion a c t i v i t y r e l a t e d t o

a h i g h e r base s a t u r a t i o n of th'e subs t ra tum. * \

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I n bo th cases, t h e mecanism once i n i t i a t e d , under f o r e s t '

cover , cou ld o n l y con t inue t h e bad d r a i n a g e c o n d i t i o n s and t h e

accumula t ion .of o r g a n i c ' m a t t e r s .

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w i t h t r o p i c a l podzols and p e a t . Th'e p e a t c a n be found i n p o o r l y

d ra ined p o s i t i o n s as w e l l as i n t h e h i g h e s t s u b h o r i z o n t a l topo-

g r a p h i c a l s i t u a t i o n s . The podzols and p e a t were s t u d i e d i n t h r e e

d i f f e r e n i environmental s i t u a t i o n s . Fig. 1: - and 2

. Zone 1 - On t h e PALANGKA-RAYA s u r f a c e , a . s u b h o r i z o n t a l , sandy

q u a t e r n a r y l e v e l .

Zone 2 - I n t h e p o o r l y d r a i n e d cen t r a l and upper SEBANGAU v a l l e y .

Zone 3 - In t h e t i d a l i n f luenced lower Sebangau v a l l e y . .

THE REGION

- . CLIMATE

The climate. is e q u a t o r i a l , w i t h a mean a n n u a l p r e c i p i t a t i o n

of about 2800' "/years. The p e r i o d from June t o September i s ..,

l o c a l l y c a l l e d " d r y season" ; i n f a c t it is o n l y a p e r i o d of

h i g h e r p r o b a b i l i t y of drought p e r i o d s . Drought p e r i o d s longe r

than a week can occur any month of t h e year . 1

Temperatures are remarkably s tab le throughout t h e year .

Average annual tempera ture is 28°C and the' d i f f e r e n c e between

t h e monthly average of t h e " c o l d e s t " and " h o t t e s t " month is

about 1OC. Highest and lowest d a i l y t empera tu res r e g i s t e r e d

are r e s p e c t i v e l y 36OC and 21OC. Dai ly v a r i a t i o n s are g r e a t e r

d u r i n g drought p e r i o d s and range from 6 t o 9OC.

Redlative- humidi ty remains h igh throughout t h e y e a r and

r a r e l y drops under 80%.

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THE R I V E R NETWORK

The r iver network i s shown i n F i g u r e 1. The KATINGAN and

KAHAYAN, are t h e main r ivers d r a i n i n g t h e area and n o u r i s h i n g

t h e c o a s t a l s ed imen ta t ion . D a t a concern ing t h e amount of sedi-

ments t r a n s p o r t e d by these two r i v e r s are n o t available. However

t h e a s p e c t of t h e water d u r i n g the r a i n y season i m p l i e s a subs- ’.

t a n t i a l s o l i d t r a n s p o r t . S t i l l , n e a r l y t h e t o t a l i t y of t h e s o l i d

t r a n s p o r t comes from areas o u t of f i g u r e 1, s i t u a t e d more n o r t h .

The s o l i d materials carried a long by these r ivers , from t h e i n -

land , are main ly q u a r t z g r a v e l s and sands , small f e l d s p a r s and

i l . l i tes , and k a o l i n i t i c clays mixed w i t h a l i t t l e amount of

i r o n hydroxydes. These sed iments a r e s p r e a d a l l o v e r t h e c o a s t a l

i n u n d a t i o n area by marine and t i d a l c u r r e n t s ’ i b u t w e have t o

mention t h a t t h e coastal sediments coming p a r t l y from t h e E a s t ,

from t h e KAPUAS and BARITO, c o n t a i n , i n a d d i t i o n t o the p receden t

m i n e r a l s , an impor t an t amount of I r o n c h l o r i t e , Montmor i l lon i te

I n t e r s t r a t i f i ed clays and I r o n Sulphurs .

The SEBANGAU w i t h ’ black waters , does n o t show any m i n e r a l

t r a n s p o r t - T h i s r iver i s no th ing more t h a n t h e o l d i n f e r i o r

KATINGAN v a l l e y , deserted by t h i s stream probab ly some 4000

y e a r s B.P. T h e consequence of t h i s change i s t h e e x c e p t i o n a l

w a t e r s t a g n a t i o n favorable f o r p e a t fo rma t ion i n what i s a c t u a l l y

t h e c e n t r a l and upper SEBANGAU v a l l e y , W e must a l s o mention t h a t

the SEBANGAU v a l l e y c o n t i n u e s with a submarine v a l l e y on more

t h a n 1 0 0 km under t h e Java sea, l i k e the Kahayan, B a r i t o and

Sampit. r ivers , o n l y t h e Kat ingan .does n o t show a similar sub-

marine p ro longa t ion .

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Figure 2. SOIL DISTRIBUTION

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GEOLOGY

The l a r g e s t p a r t of f i g u r e 1 area c o n s i s t s of r e c e n t , most-

l y unconso l ida t ed , q u a t e r n a r y d e p o s i t s , showing sand l a y e r s ,

c l a y l e n s e s a n d levels of r o l l e d q u a r t z g r a v e l s . This sed imentary

material has been leveled t o a q u a t e r n a r y s u r f a c e by one o r seve-

s a l sea t r a n s g r e s s i o n s , some 5 0 . 0 0 0 y e a r s B . P . , b e f o r e t h e l a t e s t

g r e a t sea r e g r e s s i o n . .

This q u a t e r n a r y s u r f a c e of some 80 km l a r g e shows an Eas’t-

West e x t e n s i o n of n e a r l y 400 km. I n . h i s s o u t h e r n p a r t i t s a l t i -

t u d e i s s i t u a t e d between 35 and 65 meters and rises g e n t l y up

, in t h e North t o 150 meters o.s.1. a t t h e c o n t a c t w i t h t h e t e r t i -

ary b e l t . South-west of PALANGKA-RAYA t h e same s u r f a c e can b e

found i n several places on t h e SEBANGAU - KATINGAN watershed;

b u t t h i s s u r f a c e has never been observed s o u t h of BERENG-BENGKEL

on t h e SEBANGAU - KAHAYAN watershed.

A l l t h e r iver major v a l l e y s , SEBANGAU v a l l e y inc luded , form

a second more r e c e n t t opograph ic l e v e l , more o r less 1 5 meters

l o w e r t h a n t h e p receden t s u r f a c e .

Igneous acid rocks r a n g i n g from A l k a l i n e S y e n i t e s t o gra- ,

n i t e s form a 1 4 8 meters h i g h h i l l u n i t n e a r T A N G K I L I N G and t h e ..

153 meters h i g h ’ g u n u n g CINTA B E R A H I , on t h e s o u t h e r n p a r t of

t h e KATINGAN - SEBANGAU watershed.

S m a l l e r ou tc rops of s i m i l a r rocks can be found i n s i x ’ o t h e r

p l a c e s , E a s t of KASONGAN a n d South, and South-west of PALANGKA-

RAYA. Thus, t he , s u r f a c e of t h e s e r o c k s ou tc rops and t h e s o i l s

o v e r - l a y i n g them r e p r e s e n t less t h a n 1% of f i g u r e 1.

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THE S O I L S

ZONE 1 - TROPICAL PODZOLS AND PEAT S O I L S ON THE PZUANGKA-RAYA

Colmet-Daage (1953), Mohr and B a r e n (1954), Klinge (1958 , 1 9 6 7 i

QUATERNARY SURFACE.

This S o i l s a s s o c i a t i o n occur s on thousands of s q u a r e k i l o -

meters on what w e c a l l i n t h i s pape r Palangka-Raya q u a t e r n a r y

s u r f a c e . On t h i s topographic ' h igh level t h e e x t e r n a l drainage

i s poor , p a r t l y caused by t h e f l a t n e s s of t h e landscape, t h e

mean s l o p e ra te i s o n l y 1 f o r thousand. I n many p l a c e s t h e p re -

s e n c e of h a r d pans adds poor i n t e r n a l d r a i n a g e and fo rma t ion

of permanent water tables. During each r a i n y season , t h e most

f l a t p a r t s of t h i s s u r f a c e are permanent ly f l o o d e d by r a i n water

and t h i s induces peat accumulat ion even on t h e watershed l i n e .

T h i s p r o c e s s once s tar ted increases t h e water r e t e n t i o n and

t h e speed of t h e p e a t accumulat ion.

The most f r e q u e n t d i s t r i b u t i o n p a t t e r n of t h i s Podzol-Peat

a s s o c i a t i o n , on t h e Palangka-Raya s u r f a c e is r e p r e s e n t e d i n

f i g u r e no. 3 . T h e d i s t r i b u t i o n s r e p r e s e n t e d i n f i g u r e 3 can

be seen i n numerous p l a c e s on the Palangka-Raya s u r f a c e . T h e

normal, u n d i s t u r b e d v e g e t a t i o n on such s o i l c a t e n a i s the fo re s t .

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THE PODZOLS

The t r o p i c a l PODZOLS c a n be morpho log ica l ly compared w i t h

t h o s e of temperate climates, t h e y show f r e q u e n t l y a similar suc-

c e s s i o n of ho r i zons : Ao, Al, A2, B h , BFe,

from t e m p e r a t e podzo l s t h rough t h e t h i c k n e s s of t h e i r ho r i zons .

and C ; but d i f f e r

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Figure 3. CROSS - SECTIONS LOUTED IN Fig. 1. ( Verticd scale exagerated 1

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1 9 6 9 ) , Day (1959) , V i e i r a and Oliveira ( 1 9 6 2 ) , A l t enmul l e r and

Kl inge ( 1 9 6 4 ) , Andriesse ( 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 ) , Turenne ( 1 9 7 0 ) , S ie f fe rmann

and Flexor ( 1 9 7 5 ) , Hoffmann and N i t s c h (1986) , Thompson (1986) .

A l l t r o p i c a l podzols are ex t r eme ly poor i n a l l major n u t r i e n t s ’

and i n most trace e l e m e n t s . The g r e a t t e x t u r a l c o n t r a s t i n t h i s

s o i l s between t h e A and t h e B / C h o r i z o n s i s u s u a l l y n o t caused

by a b i sequency . . i n p a r e n t material b u t by. thousands of y e a r s

of c l a y breakdown and wea the rab le m i n e r a l d e s t r u c t i o n th rough

r a i n water p e r c o l a t i o n .

I f w e t r y t o unde r s t and t h e g e n e s i s of t h e s e s o i l s w e can

s a y t ha t l i k e i n t h e humo-ferrugineous podzo l s of t empera t e re-

g i o n s , the d e s t r u c t i o n of a l l wea the rab le m i n e r a l s has l ed t o

t h e typical h o r i z o n d i f f e r e n c i a t i o n of t h e s e s o i l s . The o r g a n i c

f r a c t i o n s formed ‘ h e r e from a v e g e t a t i o n which does n o t appea r

t o be fundamenta l ly d i f f e r e n t from t h a t of t h e mixed D i p t e r o c a r p

f o r e s t c o v e r i n g t h e ne ighbor ing upland s o i l s , would have h e r e

an a c t i o n s imi l a r t o t ha t of the o r g a n i c f r a c t i o n s derived f r o m

a c o n i f e r o u s v e g e t a t i o n i n t empera t e climates ? That i s n o t

e v i d e n t .

I f w e a t t e m p t t o de t e rmine t h e f a c t o r s r a s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e pod-

z o l i s a t i ó n w e encoun te r :

- A ’ d e c r e a s e i n t h e p H , l i n k e d t o a s t r o n g d e s a t u r a t i o n , c o n d i t i -

’ oned by a ,h igh r a i n f a l l .

- A l o n g l a p s e of t i m e ; w e are s u r e t h a t t h e Palangka-Raya s u r -

face is exposed t o wea the r ing s i n c e . a t l eas t -_ 40.000’years . _.. -

B u t ’ a l l -. t h e s e factors are n o t s u f f i c i e n t t o s t a r t the podzo-

l i s a t i o n p r o c e s s ; t h e y are a l l p r e s e n t on t h e ne ighbor ing g r a n i t

areas and t h e r e are o n l y ferralsols . And y e t t h e r e i s a d i f f e -

r e n c e : t h e amount of c l a y s seems t o be always lower i n t h e ’ p a - I

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r e n t material of t h e t r o p i c a l podzols . For t h a t w e are tempted

t o add t o t h e necessa ry f a c t o r s :

e t .

- A h igh amount of q u a r t z sand and g r a v e l i n t h e i n i t i a l m a t e r i a l

p robab ly always more than 70%.

THE H I G H PEAT

The p e a t areas i n t h e h i g h e s t p o s i t i o n s of t h e PALANGKA-

RAYA s u r f a c e are dome-shaped. Anderson ( 1 9 6 4 ) I Andriesse ( 1 9 7 2 )

and Notohadiprawiro ( 1 9 7 9 ) have shown s imi la r f e a t u r e s f o r p e a t

i n b a s i n swamps. W e have no e x a c t d a t a of t h e p e a t th ickness ,

on t h e h i g h e s t p a r t of t h e Kat ingan - Rungan watershed, w e can

o n l y s a y it exceeds 5 meters. T h e wa te r t a b l e i n t h i s t ype of

p e a t i s most ly i n t h e d r y season n e a r t h e s u r f a c e o r a t sha l low

depth. During t h e r a i n y season t h e p e a t is u s u a l l y f looded , ex-

t e r n a l d r a i n a g e is always low because of t h e i m p e r c e p t i b l e su r -

face s l o p e . On t h e Kat ingan - Rungan watershed t h i s t ype of p e a t

can o v e r l a y e i t h e r heavy c l a y d e p o s i t s o r A ho r i zons of b u r i e d

podzols .

Two c r o s s - s e c t i o n s t o g i v e t h e r e l a t i o n s of t h i s t y p e of

p e a t w i t h t h e t r o p i c a l podzols and t h e lower swamp p e a t are shown

i n f i g u r e 3 .

I f non reclaimed, t h i s t ype of p e a t is u s u a l l y f i b r i c , w i t h

f r e q u e n t c o a r s e woody d e b r i s and shows o n l y i n t h e upper 30

c m a hemic tendence. a .

The chemical composi t ion of such p e a t is given i n t a b l e 1LP 6 . 0 - w .

most of t h e ' h i g h p e a t s are v e r y poor i n p l a n t n u t r i e n t s .

t h e bu lk d e n s i t y of the p e a t t u r n s around 0,l t h e v a l u e s of

t a b l e 1 must be reduced by n e a r l y 90% t o have t h e approximate

f i e l d s i t u a t i o n . Peats of such type w e r e r e p o r t e d by several

a u t h o r s : W i j k ( 1951) , Pons ( 1 9 7 4 ) , Subagjo and D r i e s s e n ( 1 9 7 4 ) .

S i n c e '

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- . . . " . . - _ , , , . . . . - . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . I_ . ..... - . . . . _.._-.. .

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4‘. ‘3.

This type of p e a t i s n o t recommandable f o r a g r i c u l t u r e ,

even i n places where t h e p e a t t h i c k n e s s i s weak because of t h e

v e r y poor , mos t ly sandy s u b s o i l . Without any. doubt t h e . . best

use , w i t h t he highest r e t u r n s , i s t o leave it i n i t s i n i t i a l

s ta te under forest o r under s y l v i c u l t u r a l management.

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Genes is of t h i s type of p e a t is d i s c u s s e d i n t h e l a s t par t .

ZONE 2 - THE BASSIN PEAT O F THE CENTRAL AND UPPER SEBANGAU VALLEY

’ The b a s i n p e a t covers t h e l a r g e s t p a r t of t h e central and

upper SEBANGAU v a l l e y and the KEMIPANG bas in ’ i n the”KAT1NGAN

valley. I n b o t h valleys , ‘ SEBANGAU and KATINGAN, t h i s type

.of p e a t cove r s a l s o a l l t h e small l a t e r a l v a l l e y s and forms

a con t inuous cap c o v e r i n g a l l t h e landscape . I m p e r c e p t i b l y to-

wards t h e watersheds , t h e b a s i n peat changes t o a h i g h peat over-

l ay ing t h e p o d z o l i z e d PALANGKA-RAYA q u a t e r n a r y leve l . T h e topo-

g r a p h i c s i t u a t i o n of t h e b a s i n p e a t and i t s r e l a t i o n w i t h the

h i g h p e a t are r e p r e s e n t e d i n c r o s s s e c t i o n s II, III and I V , f i g . 3

Chemical a n a l y s i s of s u c h p e a t s o i l s are g iven i n t ab le 1, P 8 and 14- I

I n the SEBANGAU va l ley and i n t h e c e n t r a l p a r t of t h e KEMI-

PANG b a s i n , t h i s p e a t shows, l i k e the h i g h peat, a t o t a l absence

of m i n e r a l material. Even i n meander bends ,where . t h e p e a t i s

i n c o n t a c t w i t h the SEBANGAU w a t e r , t h e r e is n o t any m i n e r a l layer

p r e s e n t i n the peat. I

On t h e c o n t r a r y , i n the KATINGAN and t h e KAHAYAN v a l l e y ,

the b a s i n p e a t c o n t a i n s f r e q u e n t l y m i n e r a l material. T h i s i s

caused., by f l o o d i n g when the main r ivers are i n f lood ; b u t t h e

p e n e t r a t i o n of t h e f loodwa te r i n t o t h e p e a t areas r a re ly exceeds

two k i l o m e t e r s .

T h e absence of c lay levees and of m i n e r a l material i n the

. .’

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . , . . . . . . . . . . .

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p e a t , a long t h e upper and cen t ra l SEBANGAU, i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e r e

has been no more s o l i d t r a n s p o r t i n t h i s v a l l e y d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d

' o f t h e p e a t accumulat ion ;. a n d t h i s f a c t s t a n d s i n s t r o n g con-

t ras t w i t h t he e x i s t e n c e of c l a y e y sandy a n d s i l t y sediments

1.'.

under ly ing anywhere t h e peat i n t h e c e n t r a l SEBANGAU v a l l e y .

I f w e t r y t o unders tand the format ion of t h e SEBANGAU v a l l e y

p e a t , w e can s t a t e t h a t - t h e p e a t accumulation has gone on a paq

w i t h t h e p o s t wurmian r i s e i n sea l e v e l , and t h e worsening of t h e

lowland drainage c o n d i t i o n s . That means t h a t t h e SEBANGAU p e a t

accumulat ion has occured i n t h e l a s t 8000 y e a r s . W e can a l s o

s t a t e t h a t i n t h e recent pa r t of t h i s peri 'od there was no more

" m i n e r a l t r a n s p o r t " i n t h e r i v e r water f lowing through the va l -

l e y ; no more "KATINGAN~I fiow.

ZONE 3 - THE PEAT O F THE LOWER SEBANGAU VALLEY.

I n t h e lower SEBANGAU v a l l e y t h e p e a t r a r e l y exceeds 1

meter i n t h i c k n e s s and o v e r l a y s c l a y e y s i l t y mine ra l d e p o s i t s .

T h i s t y p e of sha l low p e a t i s no t restricted t o t h e ' r i v e r l e v e e

h u t it ex tends ' s e v e r a l k i l o m e t e r s deep on each s ide of t h e

SEBANGAU. F a r t h e r i n w a r d s , t h i s sha l low p e a t s h i f t s i m p e r c e p t i b l y

t o ' t h i c k e r b a s i n p e a t .

C h e m i c a l , a n a l y s i s of such p e a t s o i l s are given i n table ' . -

1, P o 7. T h i s p e a t shows a h i g h e r f e r t i l i t y t h a n t h e b a s i n

p e a t and t h i s f a c t can be c o r r e l a t e d w i t h t h e under ly ing m i n e r a l

d e p o s i t which i n f l u e n c e s t h e chemical composition of t h e p e a t .

Despi te the p.resence of m i n e r a l material , t h e p e a t bu lk d e n s i t y

remains low, and comparaisons w i t h t h e f e r t i l i t y l e v e l of o-

t h e r soils w i t h h igher b u l k d e n s i t y , ' can o n l y be done by u s i n g

a large c o r r e c t i o n f a c t o r .

I v .

.- . . . . . . . . .. . .. .... ..... ._ ..

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TABLE 1 . CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PEAT OF CENTRAL MUMANTAN PROVINCE

Profils (depth d p e a t )

P6

( 4 7 5 m ) lJ

(100cm) 21 Pl4 (100cm) 21

P7

(loom) y

V A l H C. E. C. C Total P Bases exchangeable, me

N . me % %O me% me% 'pm Ca Mg K Na Total %

1 3.3 57.5 1 . 4 42.6 5.7 3.8 0.7 0.3 10.5 183.8 5.7 0.6 10.9

2 3.4 57.4 ,1.0 59.2 3.4 2.9 0.6 0.3 7.2 185.4 3 . 9 0.9 1 6 . 4

3

Layer pH b 0 %

3.3 57.4 0.7 8 2 . 0 3.1 2 - 5 0 . 5 0 . 1 6.7 1 9 7 - 7 1 - 7 n - 5 31) q 1 3.5 56.4 1.1 6.0 2.7 0.2 0.4 9.3 221.6 4.0 7.0 ~

2 3.0 54.7 5.2 1.3 0 . 1 0.3 6.9 2 2 3 . 1 3 . 1 29.6 5.4 5.5 1 1 46.0 2.3 57.9 1.6 1.8 0.3 0.5 4.2 105.8 4.0 42.8 8.6

2 39.6 1.4150.5 2 . 1 1.5 0.3 0.4 4.3 114.6 3.7 26.4

3 4 .1 0.6 4.3 28.7 , 1 5 . 2 25 .1

3 - 1 4 5 . 4 1 - 8 5-7 3 - 0 1) 1 c] 4 8 q 1 6 1 3

19.6 0 . 1 14.2 1.5 1.3 0.2 0.4 3.4 70.3 4.7 57.5

Sourtes: lJ Data Test Farm IPB, 1986 2J DataTeem 8PP Teknologi, 1986 3J Data Fakultas Pertanian UGH, 1986

Note : Pmfik located in fig. 1

c

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under p e r i o d i c a l l y by bra .ckish.water inf4uenced c o n d i t i o n s . I n ' t h e

m i n e r a l f r a c t i o n t h e p r e s e n c e of Montmor i l l on i t e , I r o n c h l o r i t e

a n d sometimes Siderite i n d i c a t e s a marine i n f l u e n c e d environment .

I n t h e s e peat s o i l s , the p resence of s u l p h u r goes on a p a r w i t h

I o r g a n i c matter. I t i s w e l l known t h a t i n absence df orgar i ic com-

pounds, s u l p h u r r a r e l y accumulates i n sea sediments ( Colmet

Daage, 1953) .

On t h i s type of peat,acidic c o n d i t i o n s , d e t r i m e n t a l t o p l a n t

growth, w i t h fo rma t ion of JAROSITE and Aluminium s u l p h a t e , can

appea r a f t e r r e c l a m a t i o n and d ra inage . U s u a l l y deep d r a i n a g e

has an u n f a v o r a b l e e f f e c t and magn i f i e s t h e a c i d i f i c a t i o n . We

must be always aware t h a t w e may have t o face problems i n c r o p

growth on t h i s type of s o i l s and w e have always t o p r o g r e s s on

s u c h s o i l s w i t h d r a i n a g e v e r y c a r e f u l l y .

PEAT FORMATION

Anyone knows t h a t peat means accumulat ion of o r g a n i c matter,

' b u t a l s o bad decomposi t ion, o r p a r t l y decomposi t ion o f o r g a n i c

matter.

I n s p i t e o f , t h e huge amount , o f phytomass produced by t ro -

p i c a l f o r e s t s , the c o n t e n t of o r g a n i c matter of t r o p i c a l s o i l s

is u s u a l l y low, lower t h a n i n the s o i l s of t empera t e areas. T h i s

f a c t i s e a s y t o unde r s t and : t h e main p r o c e s s of t h e b i o l o g i c a l

decomposi t ion of t h e o r g a n i c matter . , .. . . i s .. an . oxydation-, 'process 'and, w e

know t h a t , the veloci ty of , . an oxydat ion process i s - an e x p o n e n t i a l

f u n c t i o n of t h e t e m p e r a t u r e : T h e b i o l o g i c a l a c t i v i t y and, the

amount of decomposed o r g a n i c m a t t e r i s three t i m e h i g h e r aC 23PC

. . .- .- . . . . , ... .

. . .. .. , , , .. ,. . . . .

._. _. .-. . , ..... " ..._ ~ -. -.. . .." . . . . . .

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t h a n a t 12"C, and near ' ly ze ro a t 4 ° C .

So, t h e c o l d appea r s as a main f a c t o r of bad decomposi t ion

of o r g a n i c matter and t h a t i s t h e r eason why p e a t accumula t ions

are so f r e q u e n t i n temperate c o l d and b o r e a l climates ; t h a t

i s a l s o t h e e x p l a n a t i o n why under a l l l a t k t u d e s t h e amount of

s o i l o r g a n i c matter i n c r e a s e s w i t h t h e a l t i t u d e . But t h i s f a c t o r .

d o e s n ' t p l a y . a n y r o l e i n t h e peat fo rma t ion of Kalimantan.

T h e second most import 'ant f a c t o r i n f l u e n c i n g t h e decomposi-

t i o n of t h e biomass is t h e temporary O Y permanent e x c e s s ' o f water

and t h e consequen t ly d e f i c i e n c y i n oxygen n e c e s s a r y f o r the decom-

p o s i t i o n of t h e o r g a n i c m a t t e r . Anyone knows t h a t most of the

t rop ica l p e a t s are l o c a t e d i n p o o r l y drained p o s i t i o n s .

Y e t , t o these t w o w e l l known main f a c t o r s , w e have t o add

t w o o t h e r s , less w e l l known, b u t a b l e t o p l a y a de te rminan t par t

. i n t h e i n i t i a l s t a g e s of a p e a t accumulat ion p rocess .

The f irst i s t h e a b i l i t y of o r g a n i c f r a c t i o n s t o react

w i t h s o i l s m i n e r a l s , t o b u i l t organo-mineral complexes i n which

t h e o r g a n i c component becomes more r e s i s t a n t t o b i o l o g i c a l de-

composi t ion. I t is sometimes e a s y t o p u t s u c h organo-mineral

complexes i n ev idence by s imple p e d o l o g i c a l a n a l y s i s : I n many

v o l c a n i c areas one can f i n d side by side s o i l s of d i f f e r e n t age

_ _ -_- - __

on i d e n t i c parent-material. For example i n t h e C e n t r a l Cameroon

h igh lands there are 20 meters t h i c k o x y s o i l s on one m i l l i o n years

o l d basalts nex t t o 3 meters th i ck younger s o i l s on 150.000 years

o l d basal ts , underb t he same v e g e t a t i o n , i n s i m i l a r e c o l o g i c a l

c o n d i t i o n s . (S ie f fe rmann, 1 9 7 3 ) . The o l d e r s o i l w i l l show you

a cumula t ive amount of 432 Tonnes of o r g a n i c matter per h e c t a r e

and the younger one' 729 Tonnes per hectare. T h e s t r o n g d i f f e r e n c e

i n o r g a n i c matter of t h e s e two s o i l types can n o t be imputed .to'

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the v e g e t a t i o n , t h e c l ima te , ' t h e d r a i n a g e o r t h e t e x t u r e ; b o t h

s o i l s have a heavy c l a y e y t e x t u r e and a s i m i l a r i n t e r n a l d r a i n a g e .

I n t he younger s o i l t h e s t r o n g e r , c l a y bounded, o r g a n i c matter

i s more r e s i s t a n t and less b iodegradable . I n t h e o l d e r s o i l '

more o r g a n i c matter is decomposed t h a n i n ' t h e younger one, and

t h i s d e s p i t e o f a g r e a t e r d e s a t u r a t i o n . I n some cases, main ly i n

a l t i t u d e ' s i t u a t i o n s , t h i s p r o c e s s may induce water r e t e n t i o n , con-

d i t i o n s a n d can be the i n i t i a l s tage of a p e a t accumulat ion.

Organic matter accumulat ion can a l s o be induced by an exces-

~ sive d e s a t u r a t i o n . I n many t r o p i c a l and e q u a t o r i a l s i t u a t i o n s

t h e s o i l l i x i v i a t i o n th rough e x c e s s i v e r a i n f a l l s d u r i n g thousands

of years leads t o monomineral s o i l s w i t h upper h o r i z o n s o n l y

composed of q u a r t z s a n d , i n which t h e amount of l i f e i n d i s p e n s a b l e

major and trace e lements becomes n e a r l y zero . Such s o i l s are re-

. p r e s e n t e d i n t r o p i c a l and e q u a t o r i a l c o u n t r i e s by so called ''Tro-

p i c a l podzols" o r "Giant podzo l s " . I n t h e upper Ao hor i zons occur s .

" a ' slow accumula t ion of o r g a n i c matter, even i n w e l l d r a i n e d topo-

g r a p h i c p o s i t i o n s . The accumulat ion of o r g a n i c matter b e g i n s

here th rough a lack of t h e minimum amount of major and trace ele-

ments n e c e s s a r y f o r a normal m i c r o b i o l i g i c a l l i f e . T h i s p r o c e s s

once started can induce . i n t he h i g h e s t s u b h o r i z o n t a l topogra-

p h i c a l p o s i t i o n s a water logged o r g a n i c ho r i zon and s ta r t rap id ly

a p e a t accumulat ion.

.. . _ .

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CONCLUSIONS

T h e m o s t impor tan t f a c t o r of p e a t accumulation i n C e n t r a l

Ka l iman tan is. t h e temporary o r pe rmanen t excess of water . T h e

p e d o l o g i c a l su rvey carried o u t i n t h e Palangka-Raya area has

'Shown t h a t b e s i d e s t h e b a s i n p e a t t h e r e a r e a l s o p e a t accumula-

t i o n s i n a 15 t o 20 meters h i g h e r p o s i t i o n ove r ly ing b u r i e d

t r o p i c a l podzols . T h e g e n e t i c r e l a t i o n s of t h e b u r i e d podzols

and t h e o v e r l a y i n g p e a t are shown. The p o d z o l i s a t i o n appears

as a p rev ious , much o l d e r , and necessa ry p r o c e s s f o r the accumu-

l a t i o n of t h i s type of "h igh" p e a t .

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