Morphological, physical and chemical properties of selected soils in the arid and semi-arid region in north-western Jordan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Khresat, S A ^a   Rawajfih, Z ^a   Mohammad, M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid environment; Aridisols; Pateoclimate; Pedology; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL;

JORDAN;

EID: 0031711750     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0430     Document Type: Article

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