Biological soil crusts in the Mojave Desert, USA: Micromorphology and pedogenesis

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1685-1695

  Williams, Amanda J ^a   Buck, Brenda J ^a   Beyene, Mengesha A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SES Group and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID LANDSCAPE; AUTHIGENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; BIOTIC STRESS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DUST CAPTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC HISTORY; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; MACRO SCALE; MASS WASTING; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; MICRO-SCALES; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MOJAVE DESERT; PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY; SOIL RESOURCES; THIN SECTION; WATER DYNAMICS; WET-DRY CYCLE; WETTING-DRYING;

ARID REGIONS; DUST; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CRUST; SOIL HORIZON;

MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866398512     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0021     Document Type: Article

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