Role of microtopography in the formation of sodic soils in the semi-arid part of the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India

Catena

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-31

  Pal, D K ^a   Srivastava, P ^a   Durge, S L ^a   Bhattacharyya, T ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

IGP; Microtopography; Neotectonics; Sodic soils; Soil genesis; Soil micromorphology; Soil mineralogy

Indexed keywords

MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SEMIARID REGION; SODIC SOIL;

INDIA;

EID: 0037472307     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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