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Topsoil Formation

Topsoil Formation is a pedogenic process that constitutes the development of the uppermost mineral horizon of soil through the accumulation and stabilization of organic matter, weathering of parent material, and biological activity, distinguishing it from deeper soil-forming processes by its direct interaction with atmospheric, biotic, and surface environmental factors.

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2017–2026

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The role of small ground‐foraging mammals in topsoil health and biodiversity: Implications to management and restoration

By Greg Martin · Ecological Management & Restoration · 2003 · 103 citations

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Turf-bearing topsoils on the central Tibetan Plateau, China: Pedology, botany, geochronology

Knut Kaiser, Georg Miehe, Alexandra Barthelmes et al. · CATENA · 2008 · 95 citations · Full text

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Generating productive topsoil substitutes from hard rock overburden in the southern appalachians

W. Lee Daniels, D. F. Amos · Environmental Geochemistry and Health · 1985 · 51 citations

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Initial pedogenesis in a topsoil crust 3 years after construction of an artificial catchment in Brandenburg, NE Germany

Thomas Fischer, Maik Veste, Wolfgang Schaaf et al. · Biogeochemistry · 2010 · 48 citations · Full text

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Geochemical features of topsoils in the Gaza Strip: Natural occurrence and anthropogenic inputs

Basem Shomar, German Müller, A. Yahya · Environmental Research · 2004 · 36 citations

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Authors

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  1. IA
    Ian A. Simpson

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  2. FS
    Frank Schlütz

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    1 publications · 95 citations

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  3. JM
    Jean‐Luc Maeght

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. XJ
    Xudong Jiao

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. JD
    Jerry D. Murphy

    University College Cork, Ireland

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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Institutions

43

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    188 citations

  2. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

    Oldenburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

  3. Universität Greifswald

    Greifswald, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    190 citations

  4. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. Beijing Normal University

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    125 citations

  6. Laboratoire de Génie Chimique

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Université de Lorraine

    Nancy, France

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    65 citations

  8. Can Tho University

    Can Tho, Vietnam

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

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Venues

  1. CATENA

    2 publications · 120 citations

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  2. Geoderma

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  3. The Science of The Total Environment

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Journal of Coastal Conservation

    1 publications · 27 citations

    1

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  5. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

    JPNSS · 1 publications · 36 citations

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