A soil chronosequence in the semi-arid environment of Patagonia (Argentina)

Catena

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-393

  Sauer, Daniela ^a   Schellmann, Gerhard ^b   Stahr, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Calcium carbonate accumulation; Eolian sediments; Patagonia; Soil chronofunctions; Soil chronosequence

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BEACH RIDGE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DESERT SOIL; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; LEACHING; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PH; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGOSOL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34848922078     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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