Linking geomorphology, weathering and cation availability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico

Geoderma

Volumn 249-250, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-110

  Porder, Stephen ^a   Johnson, Arthur H ^b   Xing, Hao Xing ^b   Brocard, Gilles ^b   Goldsmith, Steven ^c   Pett Ridge, Julie ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POSITIVE IONS; QUARTZ; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FOREST COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL WEATHERING; PARENT MATERIALS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATION; DIORITE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; MONTANE FOREST; PARENT MATERIAL; QUARTZ; SOIL PROFILE; TOPOSEQUENCE; UPLIFT; WEATHERING;

CATIONS; MOUNTAINS; SOIL; WEATHERING;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO; YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 84925047783     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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