On the relations between complex systems and the factorial model of soil formation (with Discussion)

Geoderma

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear dynamical systems; Soils evolution; Soils genesis; Soils geography

Indexed keywords

MODEL; PEDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031721516     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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