Soil genesis, morphodynamic processes and chronological implications in two soil transects of SE Sardinia, Italy: Traditional pedological study coupled with laser ablation ICP-MS and radionuclide analyses

Geoderma

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-64

  Scarciglia, Fabio ^a   Tuccimei, Paola ^b   Vacca, Andrea ^c   Barca, Donatella ^a   Pulice, Iolanda ^a   Salzano, Roberto ^d   Soligo, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Morphodynamic processes and rates; Radionuclide disequilibria; Soil genesis

Indexed keywords

CLAY COATING; CLAY PARTICLES; DIFFERENT SCALE; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MICRO-SCALES; MORPHODYNAMIC PROCESSES AND RATES; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC-RICH SOIL; PEDOGENETIC PROCESS; PLEISTOCENE; RADIONUCLIDE ANALYSIS; RADIONUCLIDE DISEQUILIBRIA; REACTIVE SITE; RECENT TRENDS; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SARDINIA; SOIL GENESIS; SOIL PROFILES; SURFACE EROSION; THIN SECTION; TIME AND SPACE;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORGANIC LASERS; ORGANIC MINERALS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ADSORPTION; AGGRADATION; CHRONOLOGY; CLAY; DATA SET; DISEQUILIBRIUM; EQUILIBRIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 79952901013     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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