Assessing parent material uniformity of a red and black soil complex in the landscapes

Catena

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-153

  Anda, Markus ^a   Chittleborough, D J ^a   Fitzpatrick, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex soils; Lithologic discontinuity; Parent material uniformity; Zirconium and titanium

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISCONTINUITY; PEDOGENESIS; RED SOIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM; ZIRCON;

ADELAIDE HILLS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67349212616     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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