Buried A horizons in old bench terraces in Les Garrigues (Catalonia)

Catena

Volumn 137, Issue , 2016, Pages 635-650

  Boixadera, Jaume ^a,b   Riera, Santiago ^c   Vila, Sílvia ^d   Esteban, Irene ^c   Albert, Rosa M ^c,e   Llop, Josep M ^b   Poch, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UdL ^*  (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthracology; Calcareous soils; Palaeosol; Phytoliths; Pollen; Semi arid Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCITE; CHARCOAL; PALEOSOL; PHYTOLITH; POLLEN; POROSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL COLOR; SOIL COVER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRACING;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

OLEA EUROPAEA; QUERCUS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84922184871     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.08.017     Document Type: Article

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