Mineralogical and physico-chemical properties of Ferralic Arenosols derived from unconsolidated Plio-Pleistocenic deposits in the coastal plains of Congo

Geoderma

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 159-170

  Mareschal, L ^a,d   Nzila, J D D ^b   Turpault, M P ^c   Thongo M'Bou, A ^a   Mazoumbou, J C ^a   Bouillet, J P ^d   Ranger, J ^c   Laclau, J P ^d  

^a CRDPI ^*  (Congo)

^b ENS   (Congo)

^c Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cation exchange capacity; Kaolinite; Pedogenesis; Tropical soil; Vermiculite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CATION RETENTION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CLAY FRACTIONS; COASTAL PLAIN; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOGENETIC PROCESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLIO-PLEISTOCENE; SANDY DEPOSITS; SANDY SOILS; SATURATION INDEX; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL SOLUTIONS; TROPICAL SOILS; VERMICULITE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MICA; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS; WEATHERING;

AGGLOMERATION;

ARENOSOL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CATION; CLAY; COASTAL PLAIN; EVERGREEN FOREST; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PHYLLOSILICATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PSEUDOMORPH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; VERMICULITE; WEATHERING;

CONGO;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 79952899427     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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