Significance of the formation of calcium carbonate minerals in the pedogenesis and management of cracking clay soils (Vertisols) of India

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 111-126

  Srivastava, Pankai ^a   Bhattacharyya, Tapas ^a   Pal, Dilip Kumar ^a  

^a National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonates; Mineral alteration; Pedogenesis; Soil micromorphology; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENTROPY; MICA; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLAY SOIL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINERAL ALTERATION; PEDOGENESIS; SMECTITE; VERTISOL;

INDIA;

LIGUSTRUM VULGARE; MICA;

EID: 0036486683     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/000986002761002874     Document Type: Article

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