Fibrous-clay mineral formation and soil evolution in Aridisols of northeastern Patagonia, Argentina

Geoderma

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 38-50

  Bouza, P J ^a   Simon M ^b   Aguilar, J ^c   del Valle, H ^a   Rostagno, M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcic and petrocalcic horizons; Chubut province of Argentina; Fluorite; Palygorskite; Sepiolite; Soil genesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); FLUORSPAR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

CALCIC AND PETROCALCIC HORIZONS; CHUBUT PROVINCE OF ARGENTINA; PALYGORSKITE; SEPIOLITE; SOIL GENESIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARIDOSOL; FLUORITE; ILLITE; MINERALOGY; PALYGORSKITE; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEPIOLITE; SMECTITE; SOIL HORIZON; TRANSFORMATION;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047119599     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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