Clay mineralogy in Arctic Tundra Gelisols, Northern Alaska

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 580-592

  Borden, Patrick W ^a,b   Ping, Chien Lu ^a   McCarthy, Paul J ^a   Naidu, Sathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b AMEC Earth and Environmental Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SOIL; ARCTIC TUNDRA; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; CLAY MINERALOGY; N CONTENT; NORTHERN ALASKA; ORGANIC LAYERS; SECONDARY CLAY MINERALS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING PROCESS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KAOLINITE; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYOTURBATION; FROZEN GROUND; ILLITE; ION EXCHANGE; KAOLINITE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TUNDRA; VERMICULITE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949578462     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0187     Document Type: Article

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