Paleosols of the southern coastal plain of Israel

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-541

  Wieder, Moshe ^a   Gvirtzman, Gedaliahu ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b   Dassa, Maoz ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnetic susceptibility; Paleosols; Pedogenic carbonates; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949139620     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200700001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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