Hydropedological model of vertisol formation along the Gulf Coast Prairie land resource area of Texas
Vertisols are clayey soils containing slickensides and wedge-shaped aggregates formed by shrink-swell processes in seasonally wet climates. The dynamic distribution of macro- and microvoids as a by-product of this unique pedoturbation process, accompanied by microtopographic lows and highs (gilgai),...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-11-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/13/2039/2009/hess-13-2039-2009.pdf |