Effect of climate and vegetation on soil organic carbon, humus fractions, allophanes, imogolite, kaolinite, and oxyhydroxides in volcanic soils of Etna (Sicily)

Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 673-691

  Egli, Markus ^a   Alioth, Ladina ^a   Mirabella, Aldo ^b   Raimondi, Salvatore ^c   Nater, Markus ^a   Verel, René ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C CPMAS NMR; 14C; Charcoal; Climate change; Fulvic and humic acids; IR spectroscopy; Kaolinite; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHANE; ANDOSOL; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HUMIC ACID; HUMUS; IMOGOLITE; IRON HYDROXIDE; KAOLINITE; SOIL CARBON; STABILIZATION; VEGETATION TYPE; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 34548695203     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ss.0b013e31809eda23     Document Type: Article

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