Characteristics, genesis and classification of a basin peat soil under negative human impact in Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1057-1063

  Dengiz, Orhan ^a   Ozaytekin, H Huseyin ^b   Cayci, Gokhan ^c   Baran, Abdullah ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Classification; Genesis; Organic soils; Peat; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLAY MINERALS; DECAY (ORGANIC); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEAT; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TAXONOMIES;

BULK DENSITIES; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLASSIFICATION; CLAY CONTENTS; FIBER CONTENTS; GENESIS; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITIONS; HORTICULTURAL PLANTS; HUMAN IMPACTS; KARST PROCESSES; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; ORGANIC SOILS; PEAT SOILS; PEATLAND; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RANDOM GRIDS; RESEARCH AREAS; RICH CONDITIONS; STUDY AREAS; TURKEY;

SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLAY; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION;

ANATOMY; CAPACITY; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLASSIFICATION; CLAY; DECAY; DELAYS; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; IMPACT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUGAR;

BOLU [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY; YENICAGA LAKE;

EID: 58149328594     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1206-3     Document Type: Article

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