Mineral and elemental distribution in soils formed on the River Niger floodplain, eastern Nigeria

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-158

  Igwe, C A ^a   Zarei, M ^b   Stahr, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expansible clay minerals; Fe precipitation; Feldspars; Mineral transformation; Principal component

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; FLOODS; KAOLIN; MICA; MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAND; WEATHERING;

ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTIONS; KAOLINITIZATION; PLINTHIZATION; WEATHERING TRANSFORMATIONS;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER RIVER; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

MICA; MICAS;

EID: 18844382942     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04046     Document Type: Article

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