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Characteristics and genesis of volcanic soils from South Central Italy: Mt. Gauro (Phlegraean Fields, Campania) and Vico lake (Latium)

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Animali Vegetali e dell’Ambiente, Unversità del Molise, Campobasso, 86100, Italy

    C. Colombo, M. V. Sellitto & G. Palumbo

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e dell’Ambiente, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Universitá 100, 80055, Portici NA, Italy

    F. Terribile

  3. Laboratorium voor Mineralogie, Petrologie en Micropedologie, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281, S8, Belgium

    G. Stoops

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Colombo, C., Sellitto, M.V., Palumbo, G., Terribile, F., Stoops, G. (2007). Characteristics and genesis of volcanic soils from South Central Italy: Mt. Gauro (Phlegraean Fields, Campania) and Vico lake (Latium). In: Arnalds, Ó., Óskarsson, H., Bartoli, F., Buurman, P., Stoops, G., García-Rodeja, E. (eds) Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48711-1_18

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