Vertisols (cracking clay soils) in a climosequence of Peninsular India: Evidence for Holocene climate changes

Quaternary International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 6-21

  Pal, D K ^a   Bhattacharyya, T ^a   Chandran, P ^a   Ray, S K ^a   Satyavathi, P L A ^a   Durge, S L ^a   Raja, P ^a   Maurya, U K ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLAY SOIL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECCAN TRAPS; DRY SEASON; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; ION EXCHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PIEDMONT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SMECTITE; VERTISOL; WET SEASON;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349866396     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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