Redoximorphic features and seasonal water table relations, Upper Coastal Plain, Virginia

Quantifying Soil Hydromorphology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-60

  Genthner, Michael H ^a   Daniels, W Lee ^b   Hodges, R L ^b   Thomas, P J ^b  

^a Soil Environmental Scientist   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

building site suitability assessments; Hydric soil morphology; Landscape position; Redoximorphic features; Seasonal water table relations; Soil color patterns; Upper Coastal Plain; Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102096784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub54.c3     Document Type: Chapter

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