Soil development of three Chernozem-like profiles from North Bulgaria revealed by magnetic studies

Catena

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 158-169

  Jordanova, D ^a,b   Jordanova, N ^a   Petrov, P ^a   Tsacheva, Ts ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Chernozems; Grain size; Luvisols; Maghemite; Magnetic properties

Indexed keywords

CHERNOZEM; GRAIN SIZE; IRON OXIDE; LUVISOL; MAGHEMITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PEDOGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE;

BULGARIA;

EID: 77957317811     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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