The mineralogy of eight latosolic and related soils from Papua New Guinea
โ Scribed by P. Bleeker
- Book ID
- 115939435
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 599 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-7061
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Pleistocene to Recent stratovolcanoes in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea are made up of talc-alkaline to shoshonitic lava, tuff, agglomerate, ash, and lahar deposits. The volcanic rocks are characterized by high and variable Al, high K and total alkalis, and low Fe, Mg, and Ca. There is a continuo