Weathering of soils in Alpine areas as influenced by climate and parent material

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-303

  Egli, Markus ^a   Mirabella, Aldo ^b   Mancabelli, Alessandro ^c   Sartori, Giacomo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c Istituto Agrario Provinciale   (Italy)

^d MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Climosequence; Parent material; Podzol; Smectite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; WEATHERING;

ELEMENT LEACHING; PODZOLS;

SOILS;

CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; MINERALOGY; PARENT MATERIAL; PODZOL; SOIL; WEATHERING;

EID: 3142721919     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520304     Document Type: Article

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