The effects of exposure and climate on the weathering of late Pleistocene and Holocene Alpine soils

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-482

  Egli, Markus ^a   Sartori, Giacomo ^b   Mirabella, Aldo ^c   Giaccai, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Exposure; Quaternary soils; Soil organic matter; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FULVIC ACID; HOLOCENE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFICATION; ICE RETREAT; LAST GLACIATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PLEISTOCENE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70549099977     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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