Geochemical background in soils: A linear process domain? An example from Istria (Croatia)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1367-1383

  Peh, Zoran ^a   Miko, Slobodan ^a   Hasan, Ozren ^a  

^a CROATIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Dissipative structures; Istria; Non linear dynamics geochemical background; Normal distribution; Soil forming processes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CROATIA; DISSIPATIVE STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; ISTRIA; SOIL FORMING PROCESS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

DATA SET; DISSIPATION; EXPLORATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL DATA; SUBPOPULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CROATIA; ISTRIA;

EID: 77955165884     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0125-2     Document Type: Article

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