Clay mineralogy and potassium status of selected soils in the Glacial Lake Agassiz region of central Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Aide, Michael T ^a   Cwick, Gary J ^a   Cummings, Mark F ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Potassium fixation; Quantity intensity; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; MINERALOGY; POTASSIUM; SOIL FERTILITY;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

MICA;

EID: 0032978811     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S98-014     Document Type: Article

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