Rare earth and trace element geochemistry of termite mounds in central and northeastern Namibia: Mechanisms for micro-nutrient accumulation

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Sako, Aboubakar ^a   Mills, Anthony J ^b   Roychoudhury, Alakendra N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caprivi Strip; Macrotermes; REE; Termite mounds; Topsoil; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CAPRIVI STRIP; MACROTERMES; REE; TERMITE MOUNDS; TOPSOIL;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICA; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; RARE EARTHS; SCREENING; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TITANIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOMALY; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TERMITE; TOPSOIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; CAPRIVI; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES;

EID: 70349230756     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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