Genesis and classification of sesquioxidic soils from volcanic rocks in sub-humid tropical highlands of Ethiopia

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 682-695

  Abayneh, E ^a   Zauyah, S ^b   Hanafi, M M ^b   Rosenani, A B ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Ignimbrites; Sesquioxide; Sub humid climate

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LEACHING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ETHIOPIA; IGNIMBRITES; SESQUIOXIDE; SUB-HUMID CLIMATE;

SOILS;

BASALT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IGNIMBRITE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL SOIL; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANIC SOIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751225925     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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