'Black' soils in the southern Alps: Clay mineral formation and transformation, x-ray amorphous Al phases and Fe forms

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 703-720

  Zanelli, R ^a   Egli, M ^a   Mirabella, A ^b   Abdelmoula, M ^c   Plotze M ^d   Notzli M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISSDS   (Italy)

^c Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clays; Fe speciation; Fire; Maghemite; Soil minerals; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY FRACTION; CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE MINERAL; SOIL MINERALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MAGHEMITE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33846329385     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540606     Document Type: Article

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