Soil-geomorphology relationships in Sirjan playa, south central Iran

Geomorphology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 223-230

  Farpoor, M H ^a   Neyestani, M ^a   Eghbal, M K ^b   Borujeni, I Esfandiarpour ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c VALI E ASR UNIVERSITY OF RAFSANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Paleoclimate; Palygorskite; Petrocalcic horizon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYGORSKITE; PEDIMENT; PEDON; PIEDMONT; PLAYA; SALINITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

IRAN;

EID: 82855175153     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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