Soil chronosequences in subalpine superhumid Cropp Basin, western Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Tonkin, P J ^a   Basher, L R ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gleying; High rainfall; Perch gley Podzols; Podzolisation; Soil genesis; Soil sequences; Soil stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOLIZATION; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; SOIL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0035269267     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514920     Document Type: Article

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