The contribution of nutrients from parent material in three deeply weathered soils of Peninsular Malaysia

Geoderma

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 219-233

  Hamdan, J ^a   Burnham, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaysia; nutrient cycling; saprolite; weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HUMID TROPICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; SAPROLITE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0030301818     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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