Three principles of soil change and pedogenesis in time and space

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2049-2070

  Lin, Henry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPLEX SOILS; CYCLIC PROCESS; ENTROPY CHANGES; QUANTITATIVE TREATMENT; RESIDUAL SOLIDS; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL EVOLUTIONS; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SCIENCE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SYSTEMS; SOIL WEATHERING; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

SOILS;

DISSIPATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PEDOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL SOIL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SCIENCE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WEATHERING;

EID: 83055198424     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0130     Document Type: Article

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