Clay particle differentiation in alluvial soils of southwestern Niger (West Africa)

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 212-222

  Ducloux, Jacques ^a   Guero, Yadji ^b   Fallavier, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Faculté d'Agronomie   (Niger)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARID REGIONS; CENTRIFUGATION; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL SURVEYS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL SOILS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; KAOLINITE; SMECTITE; ULTRADESSICATION;

CLAY;

EID: 0031933276     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200010028x     Document Type: Article

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