Toposequence of sandy soils in the northern coastal plain of Israel: Polygenesis and complexity of pedogeomorphic development

Geoderma

Volumn 197-198, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-97

  Tsatskin, Alexander ^a   Sandler, Amir ^b   Porat, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Clay minerals; Hamra soil; Layered soil; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOILS; CALCRETES; CARBONATE NODULES; CLAY COATING; COASTAL PLAIN; EXPANDABILITY; ILLITE-SMECTITE; LAYERED SOILS; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; NODULE GROWTH; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL DATING; RE CRYSTALLIZATIONS; SANDY SOILS; SLOPE PROCESS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL-BURROWING ANIMALS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOIL; TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS; TOPOSEQUENCES;

CLAY MINERALS; LUMINESCENCE;

SOILS;

CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL PLAIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; SANDY SOIL; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84873180956     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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