Bäumler R, Caspari T, Norbu C, Tshering K, Baillie I (2009)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Volume: 34
Pages Range: 403-417
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.07.002
Soil development and landscape evolution were studied in the basin-shaped Phobjikha Valley at 2900-3200 m a.s.l., to the west of the Black Mountain Range, West Central Bhutan. The local environmental setting with strong along-valley winds, frequent freeze-thaw cycles, extensive dry periods and sparse vegetation cover seems to encourage the generation and short-distance transport of silt-sized particles. The effects of this process are evidenced in the smooth valley morphology and in the nature of the examined pedons. Their involvement in continuing redistribution of local sediments is reflected by a homogeneous silty-clayey and stone-free texture, varying profile depths, buried topsoils and weakly developed recent A horizons. In protected locations, in situ weathering of metamorphic parent materials results in alu-andic features with bulk densities <0.9 g cm-3, (Al
APA:
Bäumler, R., Caspari, T., Norbu, C., Tshering, K., & Baillie, I. (2009). Soil formation in Phobjikha Valley, Central Bhutan with special regard to the redistribution of loessic sediments. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 34, 403-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.07.002
MLA:
Bäumler, Rupert, et al. "Soil formation in Phobjikha Valley, Central Bhutan with special regard to the redistribution of loessic sediments." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 34 (2009): 403-417.
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