Are Mediterranean mountains Entisols weakly developed? The case of Orthents from Sierra Nevada (Southern Spain)

Geoderma

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 115-131

  Martín García, Juan Manuel ^a   Aranda, Victor ^a   Gámiz, Encarnación ^b   Bech, Jaume ^c   Delgado, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mountain soils; Orthent; Pedogenic evolution; Quartz sands; Quartz weathering; Sierra Nevada (Spain); Ultramicrofabric

Indexed keywords

ENTISOL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEDOGENESIS; QUARTZ; QUARTZITE; SCHIST; WEATHERING;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 0345770524     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00188-5     Document Type: Article

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