The occurrence of concretionary soils in the Central and Northern Brazil is very common. They are found in low areas and on plateau edges, usually constituting dystrophic soils,poor in nutrients. The finding of an eutrophicc concretionary soil in the edge of a plateau in Ouro Verde de Goiás stimulated this research, which had the purpose of verifying the relationship between the soil eutrophic conditions and the underlying lithologic material, the probable source of the exchangeable bases. The pedologic and geochemical relationships of the soil with concretions and parent rock were investigated by determining the total major element content by ICP-AES (inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometry), mineralogical analysis of the clay fraction by DRX, mineralogical analysis of sand fractions, besides standard analysis procedures used in pedology studies. The analytical results of rock samples, concretions and soil, the molecular relationships Ki and Kr, basic cations/R2O3 and the Zr/Ti relationship were described and discussed. The higher contents of some soluble elements were ascribed to the high organic matter content in the surface horizon, to the residual accumulation of quartz, and the contribution of external. The relationship soil/parent material indicated that the profile was originated from a metatonalite and the concretionary horizons in the upper part of the soil were originated by soil disaggregation and transport of material related to the South American Plain Surface.
ironstones; parent material; pedology; petroplinthite; soil formation
