Diversity of clay minerals in the vertisols of three different climatic regions in western Iran

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-284

  Heidari, A ^a   Mahmoodi, Sh ^a   Roozitalab, M H ^b   Mermut, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Agricultural Research and Education Organization   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Interparticle pores; Iran; Palygorskite; Soil climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350127452     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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