Physicochemical properties as related to mineralogical composition of floodplain soils in humid tropical environment and the pedological significance.

Floodplains represent a huge but poorly understood and hence underutilised agricultural resource in the tropics. Insight into the pedogenesis of the soils could guide their exploitation. This study assessed the physicochemical and mineralogical properties of floodplain soils and explored the interrelationships among these properties for informed inferences on contemporary pedogenic processes.