Fragipan formation in loess soils: Development of the Bryant hydroconsolidation hypothesis

Geoderma

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Assallay, A M ^a   Jefferson, I ^b   Rogers, C D F ^a   Smalley, I J ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fragipan; Fragipan formation; Hydroconsolidation; Loess soils; Metastable soils; Oedometer testing; Small clay model

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FRAGIPANE; LOESS; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031900595     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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