A toposequence of soils derived from volcanic materials in Rwanda: Morphological, chemical, and physical properties

Soil Science

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 350-360

  Nizeyimana, Egide ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC SOIL;

RWANDA;

EID: 0031424782     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199705000-00005     Document Type: Article

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