Degradation of pedogenic calcretes in West Texas

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1878-1888

  Hirmas, D R ^a   Allen, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CARBONATES; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION;

CALCRETE FRAGMENTS; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARID REGIONS; CARBONATES; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

ARID REGION; CALCRETE; DEGRADATION; ESCARPMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSECT;

LLANO ESTACADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36448998190     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0351     Document Type: Article

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