Environmental magnetic study of a Xeralf chronosequence in northwestern Spain: Indications for pedogenesis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 144-156

  Liu, Qingsong ^a   Hu, Pengxiang ^a   Torrent, José ^b   Barrón, Vidal ^b   Zhao, Xiangyu ^a   Jiang, Zhaoxia ^a   Su, Youliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Pedogenesis; Soil magnetism

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; CHRONOSEQUENCE; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MAGHEMITE; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL HORIZON; TRANSFORMATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 77954085787     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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