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Kämpf, N., Woods, W.I., Sombroek, W., Kern, D.C., Cunha, T.J.F. (2003). Classification of Amazonian Dark Earths and Other Ancient Anthropic Soils. In: Lehmann, J., Kern, D.C., Glaser, B., Wodos, W.I. (eds) Amazonian Dark Earths. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2597-1_5
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