Characteristics and genesis of pisolitic soil layers in a tropical moist semi-deciduous forest of Ghana

Geoderma

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 130-138

  Breuning Madsen, Henrik ^a   Awadzi, Theodore W ^b   Koch, Christian B ^c   Borggaard, Ole K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genesis; Gley; Iron oxide nodules; Mineralogy; Termite activity; Tropical West Africa

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GRAVEL; HEMATITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

GENESIS; IRON OXIDE NODULES; TERMITE ACTIVITY; TROPICAL WEST AFRICA;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOACTIVITY; CEMENTATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; GLEYSOL; GOETHITE; GRAVEL; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL SURFACE; SUBSOIL; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER EROSION;

FORESTRY; IRON OXIDES; SOIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN REGION; GHANA; KADE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 34547104589     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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