Weathering trends and parent material characteristics of polygenetic oxisols from Minas Gerais, Brazil: I. Mineralogy

Geoderma

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Muggler, Cristine C ^a   Buurman, Peter ^b   van Doesburg, Jan D J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oxisols; Polygenesis; Soil formation; Soil micromorphology; Soil mineralogy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ILMENITE; MINERALOGY; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

OXISOLS; POLYGENESIS; POLYGENETIC SOILS; SOIL FORMATION; SOIL MICROMORPHOLOGY;

SOILS;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GIBBSITE; ILMENITE; KAOLINITE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OXISOL; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846852217     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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