Ferrolysis induced soil transformation by natural drainage in Vertisols of sub-humid South India

Geoderma

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 173-188

  Barbiero, L ^a,b,c   Kumar, M S Mohan ^d   Violette, A ^a   Oliva, P ^a   Braun, J J ^a,b,c   Kumar, C ^d   Furian, S ^e   Babic, M ^f   Riotte, J ^a,b,c   Valles, V ^f  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Calcareous nodules; Duripan; Ferrolysis; Late Holocene; Physical erosion rate; South India; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BLACK SOIL; DOWNSLOPE; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EROSION PROCESS; EROSION RATES; LATE HOLOCENE; LOAMY SAND; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; PARTIALLY DRAINED; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOUTH INDIA; STREAMBEDS; SUB-HUMID; VERTISOLS; WATERTABLE; WEATHERING CONDITIONS; WET SEASON;

CLAY MINERALS; DRAINAGE; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

CLAY MINERAL; DEHYDRATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HOLOCENE; LOAMY SAND; SOIL EROSION; STREAM BED; VERTISOL; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED; WET SEASON;

INDIA;

EID: 77951025362     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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