The precipitation of calcium carbonate is widespread in soils and regoliths and common
under different environmental settings, especially in soils of arid environments. This topic is …

Incipient groundwater salinization has been identified in many arid and semi-arid regions
where groundwater is increasingly used for irrigation, but the dominant processes at stake in …

Publisher Summary This chapter uses an interdisciplinary approach and deals with analysis
of sets of interacting entities and the interactions within those systems. Soil micromorphology …

The Purna alluvial basin of central India, infilled largely with areno-argillaceous sediments of
Quaternary age, is also marked by occurrences of both pedogenic and non pedogenic …

Understanding the development of calcic and petrocalcic horizons is important for
palaeoclimate reconstruction. The micromorphology and geochemistry of Quaternary calcic …

Biogeochemical and hydrological cycles are currently studied on a small experimental
forested watershed (4.5 km2) in the semi-humid South India. This paper presents one of the …

The solute load of the Kaveri River (South India) and its tributaries draining diverse
Precambrian terrains during pre-monsoon and monsoon periods was determined. Using …

Substrate-controlled ichnofacies and biogenic calcretes represent key features for
identification and interpretation of discontinuities in the carbonate rock record, which are of …

Continental carbonates are rich in palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironmental and
palaeontological information. While carbonate accumulation mechanisms have been …

Abstract Knowledge about the pathways of pedogenic calcite formations and clay
transformations on igneous rocks in semiarid regions plays a vital role in the commentary of …