Iron bands, fragipans and duripans in the northeastern plateaus of Brazil - Properties and genesis

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-530

  Boulet, R ^a   Fritsch, E ^a   Filizola, H F ^b   De Araujo Filho, J C ^c   Leprun, J C ^d   Barretto, F ^c   Balan, E ^a   Tessier, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Barreiras Group; Fragipans and duripans; Iron bands; Low activity clay Ultisols; Organo metallic complexes

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0031774951     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S98-030     Document Type: Article

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