Controlling factors for the spatial variability of soil magnetic susceptibility across England and Wales

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 158-188

  Blundell, A ^a   Dearing, J A ^a   Boyle, J F ^a   Hannam, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b National Soil Resources Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Wales; frequency dependence; magnetic susceptibility; soil forming factors; soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67651112072     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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