Soil profile transformation after 50 years of agricultural land use

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1154-1162

  Veenstra, Jessica J ^a,b   Burras, C Lee ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLAGLER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL SURVEYS; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MINERAL WEATHERING; PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SHORT TIME SCALE;

SOILS;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOTRANSFORMATION; LAND USE; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURVEY; TRANSLOCATION; WATER TABLE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938614480     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2015.01.0027     Document Type: Article

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