Advances in characterization of soil clay mineralogy using X-ray diffraction: From decomposition to profile fitting

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1093-1105

  Hubert, F ^a   Caner, L ^a   Meunier, A ^a   Lanson, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; LEACHING; LUVISOL; MINERALOGY; PARAGENESIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SCIENCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 73149115497     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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