Soils and their relationship to aspect and vegetation history in the eastern Southern Alps, Canterbury High Country, South Island, New Zealand

Catena

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Eger, André ^a   Hewitt, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allophone; Brown soil; Metal humus complexes; Mountain soils; Podsolisation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BROWN SOIL; CATCHMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PODZOLIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUBSOIL; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 54149111900     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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