Mineralogy of soils from two continental-scale transects across the United States and Canada and its relation to soil geochemistry and climate

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1394-1404

  Eberl, D D ^a   Smith, David B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL TREND; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL PHASIS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY; UNDERLYING ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; MINERALOGY; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651147977     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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