Clay mineral evolution along a soil chronosequence in an Alpine proglacial area

Geoderma

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-117

  Mavris, Christian ^a   Plötze, Michael ^b   Mirabella, Aldo ^c   Giaccai, Daniele ^c   Valboa, Giuseppe ^c   Egli s, Marku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Clay minerals; Mica; Proglacial area; Smectite; Soil chronosequence

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHEMICALS; ALPS; CLAY FRACTIONS; CLAY-MINERAL FORMATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; FINE SILT; GLACIER RETREAT; HIGH REACTIVITY; INITIAL STAGES; PARENT MATERIALS; PROGLACIAL; SMECTITES; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; SOIL EVOLUTIONS; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL GENESIS; SWISS ALPS; TIME SPAN; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; XRD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLOBAL WARMING; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MICA; MINERALS; SILT; SOIL MECHANICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

WEATHERING;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLAY MINERAL; GLACIER RETREAT; GLOBAL WARMING; MICA; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SILT; TILL; TRANSFORMATION;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 80051697200     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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