CEC

Correlation

pH

Organic matter

Iron oxides

Sand

Silt

Clay

CEC1

Pearson Correlation

0.116

0.117

0.574**

−0.446*

0.465*

0.193

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.588

0.586

0.003

0.029

0.022

0.366

CEC2

Pearson Correlation

0.030

0.071

0.679**

−0.518**

0.399

0.379

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.888

0.743

0.000

0.010

0.054

0.068

CEC3

Pearson Correlation

0.059

−0.009

0.662**

−0.508*

0.362

0.403

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.784

0.965

0.000

0.011

0.082

0.051

ΔCEC2-1

Pearson Correlation

−0.243

−0.022

0.241

−0.072

−0.177

0.306

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.253

0.920

0.256

0.737

0.409

0.147

ΔCEC3-2

Pearson Correlation

0.196

−0.548**

−0.136

0.057

−0.201

0.129

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.359

0.006

0.526

0.790

0.346

0.548