Mineralogical and charge properties of volcanic ash soils from west Sumatra, Indonesia

Four volcanic ash soi1 from two toposequences along Mt Marapi and Mt Talaniau, west Sumatra were studied in order to characterize their mineralogical and charge properties. In all the soils, the silt fraction is composed mainly of gibbsite, cristobalite and feldspars, while the clay fraction is comp...

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Main Authors: Fiantis, Dian, Van Ranst, Eric, Jusop, Shamshuddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Soil Science 1998
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49551/1/Mineralogical%20and%20charge%20properties%20of%20volcanic%20ash%20soils%20from%20west%20Sumatra%2C%20Indonesia.pdf