Pedogenesis and variability in soil properties in a floodplain of a semiarid environment in southwestern Sicily (Italy)

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 614-623

  Raimondi, Salvatore ^a   Perrone, Eliseo ^a   Barbera, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

hydromorphic conditions; organic matter; Pedogenesis; semiarid environments; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODPLAIN; PEDOGENESIS; SALINITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 78650893896     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181fe2ec8     Document Type: Article

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