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Research Papers

Soil colour variation between topsoil and subsoil horizons in a plinthic catena on the Mpumalanga Highveld, South Africa

Pages 47-51 | Received 07 Sep 2012, Accepted 13 Feb 2013, Published online: 09 Apr 2013

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