Toward process-based modeling of geochemical soil formation across diverse landforms: A new mathematical framework

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 248-260

  Yoo, Kyungsoo ^a   Mudd, Simon Marius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Land forms; Modeling; Physical weathering; Soil formation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESSES; DISTURBED ZONE; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FRONT PROPAGATION; GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES; HILL SLOPES; MASS BALANCING; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MINERAL GRAINS; MODEL SOILS; NEW MODEL; PEDOGENIC PROCESSES; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SOIL FORMATIONS; UNDISTURBED (IGC: D6/D7);

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CATENA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 48149108040     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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