Natural strontium isotope composition as a tracer of weathering patterns and of exchangeable calcium sources in acid leached soils developed on loess of central Belgium

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 302-319

  Drouet, Th ^a   Herbauts, J ^a   Gruber, W ^a   Demaiffe, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY; FELDSPAR; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; LOESS; MINERALOGY; MUSCOVITE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACER;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS;

EID: 33846847552     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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