Chapter 4 Soil morphology

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 24, Issue C, 1996, Pages 89-114

  Mermut, A R ^a   Dasog, G S ^a   Dowuona, G N ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(96)80006-7     Document Type: Article

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