Classification, strength and water retention characteristics of lateritic regolith

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 184-198

  Kew, Geoffrey ^a   Gilkes, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Mottled zone; Pallid zone; Plant available water; Regolith; Unconfined compression strength

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE DEPOSITS; CLAY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOMORPHOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; SCALE (DEPOSITS); WEATHERING;

BAUXITES; MOTTLED ZONES; PALLID ZONES; PLANT AVAILABLE WATERS; REGOLITH; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION STRENGTH;

ROCKS;

BAUXITE; DIABASE; GRANITE; LATERITE; MINING; QUARTZ; REGOLITH; SANDY CLAY; SUBSTRATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARLING RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33750958753     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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