Surface morphology of quartz grains from tropical soils and its significance for assessing soil weathering

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Marcelino, V ^a   Mussche, G ^a   Stoops, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; QUARTZ; TROPICAL SOIL; WEATHERING;

RWANDA;

EID: 0033047848     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.1999.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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