Nature and properties of iron rich glaebules and mottles from some south-west Australian soils

Geoderma

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 95-120

  Singh, Balwant ^a   Gilkes, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; GLAEBULE; HAEMATITE; LATERITIC SOIL; MOTTLE; SOIL MATRIX;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030497443     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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