REGIONAL SOIL ZONATION AND LITHO-GEOMORPH OLOGY ON BENIN GRANITE-GNEISS BASEMENT IN WEST-AFRICA

Authors
FAURE P VOLKOFF B
Citation
P. Faure et B. Volkoff, REGIONAL SOIL ZONATION AND LITHO-GEOMORPH OLOGY ON BENIN GRANITE-GNEISS BASEMENT IN WEST-AFRICA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 322(5), 1996, pp. 393-400
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
322
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
393 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)322:5<393:RSZALO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A marked regional zonation of some soil characteristics is revealed by thematic analysis and large-scale infographic synthesis of the Benin soil map at 1:2000,000. The regional soil differentiation appears to b e determined by geological and geomorphological factors.