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E. E. Aki

Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

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Research Article Vol. 25, Issue 1

Morphological, Physicochemicaland Mineralogical Properties of Soils Developed from Basalt Atikom, Cross River State, Nigeria

I. E. Esu*, U. Uko, E. E. Aki

Soils developed from basalt were studied along with a top sequence of a deeply excavated basaltic quarry site at Ikom, Cross River State, Nigeria. The soils were very deep and occupy gently sloping plains of 0 – 8% gradients. Each pedon examined, had four distinct layers, the Ap, BA, Bt and Crtg horizons. The Ap horizons have dark reddish grey (5YR...

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