Spatial distribution and development of soils in tropical karst areas from the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico

Geomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 308-321

  Bautista, Francisco ^a   Palacio Aponte, Gerardo ^b   Quintana, Patricia ^c   Zinck, Joseph Alfred ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leptosol; Soil heterogeneity; Soil sequences; Soilscapes; Terra Rossa

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; KARST; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 82555188431     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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