Micromorphological characteristics of vertisols of iran, including nonsmectitic soils

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-46

  Heidari, A ^a   Mahmoodi, Sh ^a   Stoops, G ^b   Mees, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

b fabric; Calcixererts; Gypsiusterts; Haploxererts; Palygorskite; Vertic behavior

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CALCAREOUS SOIL; PALYGORSKITE; SOIL BY ORIGIN OR COMPOSITION; SOIL PROPERTY; VERTISOL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 11244313236     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980590887164     Document Type: Article

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