Origin and significance of calcium carbonate in soils of southwestern Patagonia

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 751-762

  Bockheim, James G ^a   Douglass, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CaCO3; Dust; Patagonia; Pedogenesis; Soil chronosequence

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DEPOSITION; DUST; SOILS;

PATAGONIA; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE;

LIME;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751221887     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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