SEM image analysis in the study of a soil chronosequence on fluvial terraces of the middle guadalquivir (southern Spain)

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-480

  Calero, J ^a   Delgado, R ^b   Delgado, G ^b   Martin Garcia J M ^a  

^a Facultad de CC Experimentales   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Farmacia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALUMINUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLAY; DOLOMITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOGENESIS; PH; PHYLLOSILICATE; PORE SPACE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRUCTURE; TERRACE; WEATHERING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 65649099324     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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