Distribution of colluvia and saprolites and their physical properties in a zero-order basin in Okinawa, southwestern Japan

Geoderma

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-93

  Ohnuki, Yasuhiro ^a   Terazono, Ryuichi ^b   Ikuzawa, Hitoshi ^b   Hirata, Isao ^b   Kanna, Kensaku ^b   Utagawa, Hirokatsu ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Pref Forest Exp Station   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Hollow; Hydrological process; Physical properties; Saprolite; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIUM; FOREST SOIL; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SAPROLITE; SOIL DEPTH;

JAPAN, OKINAWA;

EID: 0031463593     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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