Soil Bricks By Abishek Bricks

Abhishek bricks is a leading manufacturer and supplier of Red Soil Bricks in indore Red soils    Red soils have two broad classes:a) Red loam with cloddy structure and allow content of concretionary materials; and b) Red earths with loose, Permeable top soil and a high content of secondary concretions. Generally these soils are light textured with porous and friable structure and there is absence of lime Kankar and free carbonates. They have neutral to acidic reaction and are deficient in nitrogen humus, phosphoric acid and lime. CHARACTERISTICS:Red soils are reddish in colour due to the presence of iron. This type of soil is found in south India as well as in the Chota Nagpur Plateau. Formed due to weathering of ancient crystalline and metamorphic rocks.    Parent rocks are acid granites and gneisses.    Occupy an whi area of about 3.5 lakh sq km 10.6% of the total land area of the country .    These are transported type soils.    Found to a depth of 500 meters.    Coarsest in the upper section of the valley, medium in the middle and finest in the delta region.    Are mostly light to dark colour depending on new or old alluvium.    Rich in potash and become fertile with the proper use of fertilizers and irrigation.    Deficient in nitrogen,lime, magnesia, humus and phosphate    Found mainly on the plateau regionof peninsular India, the Malwa Plateau and the Chotanagpur Plateau.    It covers almost the whole of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, south-eastern Maharashtra, eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh, parts of Orissa, Jharkhand and Bundelkhand.    They practically encircle the entire black soil region on all sides.They extend northwards in the west along with the Konkan Coast of Maharashtra.    Red due to its very high iron content.    Colour varies from red to brown, chocolate and yellow.    Are porous, friable in nature .