Weathering and evolution of soils formed on granitic, glacial deposits: Results from chronosequences of Swiss alpine environments

Catena

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-47

  Egli, M ^a   Fitze, P ^a   Mirabella, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Chronosequences; Soil forming; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012475630     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(01)00138-2     Document Type: Article

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