Soil Development and Fertility Characteristics of Inland Valleys in the Rain Forest Zone of Nigeria: Mineralogical Composition and Particle-Size Distribution

Pedosphere

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-514

  ABE, S S ^a,d   OYEDIRAN, G O ^b   MASUNAGA, T ^c   YAMAMOTO, S ^d   HONNA, T ^d   WAKATSUKI, T ^e  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aeolian dust; ferrolysis; hydromorphic soil; hydroxyl Al interlayered 2:1 type clays; Southeast Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; RAINFOREST; SANDY SOIL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMECTITE; SOIL FERTILITY; VALLEY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67650178257     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60143-0     Document Type: Article

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