Humanity's transformation of earth's soil: Pedology's new frontier

Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 957-967

  Richter Jr , Daniel DeB ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropedogenesis; Anthropocene; Earth system science; Global change science; Metapedogenesis; Pedology; Soil acidity; The Critical Zone

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 37349019390     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ss.0b013e3181586bb7     Document Type: Review

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