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Soil Formation

Soil Formation is the natural process by which soil develops over time through the interaction of climate, organisms, parent material, topography, and time, resulting in the differentiation of distinct soil horizons and properties within the Earth's critical zone.

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Climate Control Of Soil FormationFactors Of Soil FormationPedogenesis

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Soil sampling and methods of analysis

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 3.6K citations

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Minerals in soil environments

Ceramurgia International · 1977 · 2.7K citations

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Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Jennifer L. Soong, M. Francesca Cotrufo · Global Change Biology · 2019 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Minerals in Soil Environments

J. B. Dixon, S. B. Weed, R. L. PARPITT · Soil Science · 1990 · 2.2K citations

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Soil Science Society of America

G. G. Pohlman · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1940 · 2K citations

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Authors

23K

  1. OA
    Oliver A. Chadwick

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    34 publications · 3K citations

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  2. JG
    James G. Bockheim

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    30 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. RJ
    Randall J. Schaetzl

    Michigan State University, United States

    30 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. ME
    Markus Egli

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    31 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. CE
    Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer

    Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

    29 publications · 1.7K citations

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Institutions

4.3K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    73 h-index

    1K publications

    65.3K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    68 h-index

    369 publications

    35.6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    58 h-index

    587 publications

    28.7K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    50 h-index

    166 publications

    11.8K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    47 h-index

    185 publications

    26.2K citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    41 h-index

    228 publications

    13K citations

  7. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    40 h-index

    111 publications

    9.1K citations

  8. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    39 h-index

    175 publications

    8.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Geoderma

    628 publications · 37.1K citations

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  2. Soil Science Society of America Journal

    SSSAJ · 482 publications · 26.9K citations

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  3. Soil Science

    277 publications · 18.5K citations

    66

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  4. CATENA

    345 publications · 16.5K citations

    65

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  5. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    79 publications · 9K citations

    48

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