Soil formation in loess-derived soils along a subhumid to humid climate gradient, Northeastern Iran

Geoderma

Volumn 179-180, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-122

  Khormali, Farhad ^a   Ghergherechi, Shadi ^a   Kehl, Martin ^b   Ayoubi, Shamsollah ^c  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clay illuviation; Climate gradient; Decalcification; Loess; Micromorphology

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONTENT; CLAY COATING; CLAY CONTENT; CLIMATE GRADIENTS; DECALCIFICATION; FOREST VEGETATION; HUMID CLIMATES; HUMID REGIONS; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; PRECIPITATION RATES; SILT CONTENTS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TEMPERATURE REGIMES; SUB-HUMID; VERMICULITE CLAY; WATER FLOWS;

BERKELIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATOLOGY; COATINGS; LEACHING; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE; CLAY SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEACHING; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOIL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SILT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VERMICULITE;

GOLESTAN; IRAN;

EID: 84858744273     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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