The terminology and the concepts of gypsum-rich soils

Geoderma

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 47-61

  Herrero, J ^a   Porta, J ^b  

^a Lab Asociado Agronom Medioambiente   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gypseous; Gypsiferous; Gypsum; Soil classification; Soil genesis

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; SOIL SURVEY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034124401     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(00)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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