The Critical Zone in Tropical Environments

Developments in Earth Surface Processes

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 473-496

  Mana, Sara ^a   Ruiz, Paulo ^b   Gutiérrez, Amalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Climate; Critical Zone; Soil; Tropical zones; Weathering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944531613     PISSN: 09282025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63369-9.00015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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