Mineralogical composition of shallow soils on basic and ultrabasic rocks of East Fennoscandia and of the Ural Mountains, Russia

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-485

  Lessovaia, S N ^a   Polekhovsky, Y S ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Basic and ultrabasic rocks; Mineral transformation; Pedogenesis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BASIC AND ULTRABASIC ROCKS; FENNOSCANDIA; MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS; MINERAL SOILS; MINERAL TRANSFORMATION; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; PEDOGENESIS; PHYLLOSILICATE; ROCK ALTERATIONS; SHALLOW SOILS; ULTRABASIC ROCKS;

ANNEALING; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFRACTION; LANDFORMS; ROCK PRODUCTS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; TALC; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MINERALS;

AMPHIBOLITE; CHLORITE; DIABASE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GABBRO; ILLITE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PHYLLOSILICATE; SERPENTINE; TALC; VERMICULITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 70350126987     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570408     Document Type: Article

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