Sand and clay mineralogy of sal forest soils of the Doon Siwalik Himalayas

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-144

  Mukesh, ^a   Manhas, R K ^b   Tripathi, A K ^a   Raina, A K ^c   Gupta, M K ^c   Kamboj, S K ^c  

^a Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^b S P COLLEGE   (India)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FOREST SOIL; HEAVY MINERAL; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; MIXED LAYER; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROFILE; VERMICULITE;

DEHRADUN; INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS; UTTARAKHAND;

MICAS; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 80052671254     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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