Tephra stratification of volcanic ash soils in Northern Ecuador

Geoderma

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 231-247

  Tonneijck, Femke H ^a   Hageman, Jos A ^b   Sevink, Jan ^a   Verstraten, Jacobus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Element ratios; Grain size distribution; Paleoecology; Soil organic matter; Stratification; Volcanic ash soil

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ELEMENT RATIOS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; VOLCANIC ASH SOILS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BIOTURBATION; GRAIN SIZE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; STRATIFICATION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39449087070     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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