A micromorphological study of pedogenic processes in an evolutionary soil sequence formed on Late Quaternary rhyolitic tephra deposits, North Island, New Zealand

Quaternary International

Volumn 34-36, Issue , 1996, Pages 249-261

  Bakker, L ^a,b   Lowe, D J ^b   Jongmans, A G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOGENIC PROCESSES; SOIL; SOIL SEQUENCE; TEPHRA;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 13544256655     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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