Initial stages of weathering and soil formation in the Morteratsch proglacial area (Upper Engadine, Switzerland)

Geoderma

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 359-371

  Mavris, Christian ^a   Egli, Markus ^a   Plötze, Michael ^b   Blum, Joel D ^c   Mirabella, Aldo ^d   Giaccai, Daniele ^d   Haeberli, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Proglacial area; Soil mineralogy; Sr isotopes; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION OF; GLACIAL TILL; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITOID ROCKS; HIGH RATE; INITIAL STAGES; ION ACTIVITY PRODUCTS; MINERAL WEATHERING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; PROGLACIAL; QUANTITATIVE PHASE ANALYSIS; ROCK-FORMING MINERALS; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL FRACTIONS; SOIL GENESIS; SOIL MINERALOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPRING WATER; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; STREAM WATER; SWISS ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TIME SEQUENCES; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; TRIBUTARY WATERS; WATER CHEMISTRY; XRD;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STRONTIUM;

WEATHERING;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITE; GRANITOID; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STREAMWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

GRAUBUNDEN; MORTERATSCH GLACIER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 76449084361     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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