Variation in soil chemical properties along toposequences in an arid region of the Levant

Catena

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-45

  Hattar, Butros I ^a   Taimeh, Awni Y ^a   Ziadat, Feras M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hillslope; Runoff; Sediments; Soil landscape continuum; Topography

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HILLSLOPE; IRON OXIDE; LEACHING; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILLAGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOSEQUENCE; TRANSECT;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77956010909     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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