Minero-petrographical features of weathering profiles in Calabria, southern Italy

Catena

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-207

  Borrelli, L ^a   Perri, F ^b   Critelli, S ^b   Gulla G ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Gneiss; Petrography; Soil micromorphology; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; GARNET; GNEISS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; IRON OXIDE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OUTCROP; PETROGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEXTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY); WEATHERING PROFILE;

APENNINES; CALABRIA; ITALY; SILA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84857584564     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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