Vertic Features

Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-127

  Kovda, Irina ^a   Mermut, Ahmet R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 79958072001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53156-8.00007-6     Document Type: Chapter

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