Geodatabase of buried soils for reconstruction of palaeoecologic conditions in the steppe zone of East European plain [PDF]
, 2016 In this article we carried out the analysis of amorphous and floodplain soils chronological sequences, which were arranged according to archeological and radiocarbon dating.
Lisetskii, F. N. +2 more
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Gypsic soils in the Brazilian Semiarid [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do SoloGlobally, soils with gypsic horizons cover approximately 1 million km², predominantly in arid climates. The formation of pedogenic gypsum in soils has been a topic of discussion in pedological studies for some time, with gypsification representing the ...
Artur Henrique Nascimento da Silva +7 more
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Vulnerability to soil loss in the Lajeado Pessegueiro watershed, Brazil
Scientia Agropecuaria, 2017 Geotechnologies present as an important tool in identifying vulnerable areas, assisting in land vulnerability mapping, allowing the spatial distribution of risks caused by soil loss. This study aimed to identify and diagnose the vulnerability of the soil
Ludmila Nascimento Machado +4 more
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Iron Composition of a Typical Loess-Paleosol Sequence in Northeast China
AgronomyIron isotope compositions, along with the partial extraction of iron in its various forms, can be utilized to investigate the complex interplay of iron migration and transformation with respect to iron isotope patterns.
Zhong-Xiu Sun +2 more
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Chemical weathering of the volcanic soils of Isla Santa Cruz (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador) [PDF]
, 2014 We present a study on weathering of volcanic soils using 43 profiles (131 horizons) sampled in Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos Islands). Several weathering indices, based on chemical composition, are used. Since the geological material is highly homogeneous
Ferro, C +4 more
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Vegetation cycles in a disturbed sequence around the Cobb-Mountain subchron in Catalonia [PDF]
, 2008 A 52 m-long lacustrine sequence has been recovered from the basin of Bòbila-Ordis, near Banyoles (N-E Spain). The presence of Early Biharian rodent teeth (Early Pleistocene) and of a c.
Leroy, SAG
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The 'Maagdentoren' of Zichem (Belgium) : damage assessment of ferruginous sandstone by X-ray tomography [PDF]
, 2010 The ferruginous sandstone of the gothic “Maagdentoren” is suffering from a specific biological deterioration process triggered by perforating activities of mason bees.
Boone, Matthieu +4 more
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Mineralogical and chemical attributes of soils from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain
Scientia Agricola: The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important and yet the most devastated Brazilian biome, occupying in the past the majority of the East Atlantic Coast.
Alexson de Mello Cunha +2 more
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Proximate controls on semiarid soil greenhouse gas fluxes across 3 million years of soil development [PDF]
, 2015 Soils are important sources and sinks of three greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). However, it is unknown whether semiarid landscapes are important contributors to global fluxes of these gases, partly ...
Hart, SC +3 more
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Nodular calcrete from the Lower Permian Korpád Sandstone Formation (borehole Dinnyeberki 9015, Mecsek Mts, Hungary) and its palaeoenvironmental significance [PDF]
, 2013 The Korpád Sandstone in the 9015 drill core (Mecsek Mts.) consists of red mudstones and interbedded calcrete crusts with sandstones and conglomerates. Calcrete microfabrics reveal micritic mottles, rhizocretions, smaller root casts and Microcodium-like ...
Bajnóczi, Bernadett +2 more
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