The origin of carbonates in termite mounds of the Lubumbashi area, D.R. Congo

Geoderma

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Mujinya, B B ^a,b   Mees, F ^c   Boeckx, P ^a   Bode S ^a   Baert, G ^a,d   Erens, H ^a   Delefortrie, S ^a   Verdoodt, A ^a   Ngongo, M ^b   Van Ranst, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b University of Lubumbashi   (Congo)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D.R. Congo; Micromorphology; Pedogenic carbonate; Stable isotopes; Termite mounds; Weddellite

Indexed keywords

D.R. CONGO; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TERMITE MOUNDS; WEDDELLITE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; COATINGS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

CALCITE; CARBONATE; DECOMPOSITION; FERRALSOL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERMITE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA; LUBUMBASHI;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES;

EID: 80051682744     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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