Soil formation and mineralogy of a Rhodic Luvisol - insights from magnetic and geochemical studies

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-413

  Jordanova, Neli ^a   Jordanova, Diana ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^b   Hu, Pengxiang ^b   Petrov, Petar ^a   Petrovský, Eduard ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Goethite; Hematite; Magnetism; Pedogenesis; Red soil; REE; Sahara dust

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOETHITE; ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PEDOGENESIS; RED SOILS; REE; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN GROWTH; IRON; MAGNETISM; MINERALS; REMANENCE; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

HEMATITE;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; HYSTERESIS; IRON OXIDE; LIMESTONE; LUVISOL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALOGY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL TYPE; TRIASSIC;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84888840924     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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