Assessing potassium reserves in northern temperate grassland soils: A perspective based on quantitative mineralogical analysis and aqua-regia extractable potassium

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Andrist Rangel, Ylva ^a,b   Hillier, Stephen ^a   Öborn, Ingrid ^a,b   Lilly, Allan ^a   Towers, Willie ^a   Edwards, Anthony C ^c   Paterson, Edward ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Nether Backhill   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqua regia; Grassland; Potassium; Soil mineralogy; Sustainability; X Ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

AQUA-REGIA; FERTILISERS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GRASSLAND; LONG-TERM POTENTIAL; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCOVITE MICA; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PARENT MATERIALS; PLANT NUTRIENTS; POTENTIAL CAPACITY; SCOTLAND; SOIL MINERALOGY; SOIL SAMPLE; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; FELDSPAR; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; POTASSIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

FELDSPAR; GRASSLAND; MINERALOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; POTASSIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUSTAINABILITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955773501     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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