MICROMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A TERRA ROSSA SOIL UNDER OLIVE CROP; PEDOGENESIS AND PEDOTURBATION

Authors

  • Salvatore Madrau Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio, Università di Sassari, Sassari
  • Claudio Zucca Nucleo Ricerca Desertificazione (NRD), Università di Sassari, Sassari
  • Anna Soro Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio, Università di Sassari, Sassari
  • Selim Kapur Department of Soil Science and Archaeometry, University of Çukurova, Çukurova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/3827

Keywords:

Terra Rossa, olive-grove, micromorphology, pedoturbation

Abstract

Permanent tree crops can deeply modify the soil features produced by the pedogenesis processes. Clear microstructural differences were observed in two soil profiles sampled in an olive grove near Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), one under the canopy and one between the tree rows, related either to the farming practices or to the biological activity in the rhizosphere soil

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2011-06-20

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Madrau, S., Zucca, C., Soro, A., & Kapur, S. (2011). MICROMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A TERRA ROSSA SOIL UNDER OLIVE CROP; PEDOGENESIS AND PEDOTURBATION. EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, 6(6), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/3827

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