Pedogenic formation of kaolinite-smectite mixed layers in a soil toposequence developed from basaltic parent material in Sardinia (Italy)

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-514

  Righi, Dominique ^a   Terribile, Fabio ^b   Petit, Sabine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basaltic Rock (Weathering); Kaolinite Smectite mixed layers; Sardinia; Smectite layer charge; Soils

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BASALT; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; SOILS; WEATHERING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKYLAMMONIUM; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); KAOLINITE; SMECTITE; SOIL TOPOSEQUENCE;

CLAY MINERALS;

BASALT; KAOLINITE; PEDOGENESIS; SMECTITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOPOSEQUENCE; WEATHERING;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 0032700107     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470413     Document Type: Article

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