Pedogenesis and clay mineralogical investigation of soils formed on gypsiferous and calcareous materials, on a transect, southwestern Iran

Geoderma

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 62-81

  Owliaie, H R ^a   Abtahi, A ^a   Heck, R J ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Clay minerals; Gypsum crystals; Palygorskite; SEM; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GYPSUM; QUARTZ; ROCK MECHANICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCAREOUS SOILS; GYPSUM CRYSTALS; PALYGORSKITE; SEMI-ARID;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CLAY MINERAL; GYPSUM; MORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; ROCK; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33745949310     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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