Properties, some criteria of classification and genesis of upland forest Podzols in Rwanda

Geoderma

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 263-283

  Van Ranst, E ^a   Stoops, G ^a   Gallez, A ^b   Vandenberghe, R E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Soil Map Project   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; micromorphology; mineralogy; Podzols; soil classification; soil genesis

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOL; SOIL CLASSIFICATION;

RWANDA;

EID: 0030619199     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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