A chronosequence of soils and vegetation on serpentine terraces in the Klamath Mountains, USA

Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 565-576

  Alexander, Earl B ^a   Ellis, Colleen C ^b   Burke, Raymond ^b  

^a Soils and Geoecology   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Iron oxides; Kandic horizon; Ultramafic rock; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLAY MINERAL; INCEPTISOL; ION EXCHANGE; IRON OXIDE; MOLLISOL; OLIVINE; SERPENTINE; SOIL HORIZON; TERRACE; WEATHERING;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34547566040     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ss.0b013e31804fa22d     Document Type: Article

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