Structural transformations of clay minerals in soils of a climosequence in an Italian Alpine environment

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-278

  Mirabella, Aldo ^a   Egli, Markus ^b  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine soils; Beidellite; Climosequence; Layer charge; Montmorillonite; Podzol; Smectite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PODZOLIC SOILS;

CLAY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEIDELLITE; CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; PODZOL; SMECTITE; SOIL; WEATHERING;

ITALY;

MICA;

EID: 0038346501     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2003.0510303     Document Type: Article

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