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Chromic and Rhodic Luvisols, otherwise known as the Red Mediterranean Soils or the Terra Rossa, show marked textural differences and genetic peculiarities within their profile.

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  1. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

    Mustafa Sarı

  2. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

    Yusuf Kurucu

  3. School of Technical Sciences, University of Adıyaman, Adıyaman, Turkey

    Erhan Akça

  4. Department of Geological Engineering, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

    Muhsin Eren

  5. Department of Geological Engineering, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Selahattin Kadir

  6. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, ICARDA, Amman, Jordan

    Claudio Zucca

  7. Department of Forestry, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey

    İbrahim Atalay

  8. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, University of Çukurova, Adana, Turkey

    Zülküf Kaya & Selim Kapur

  9. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, CIHEAM, Bari, Italy

    Pandi Zdruli

  10. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    Ewart Adsil FitzPatrick

  11. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey

    Hikmet Günal

  12. Department of Geosciences, University of Milan (Biocca), Milan, Italy

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Sarı, M. et al. (2018). Luvisols. In: Kapur, S., Akça, E., Günal, H. (eds) The Soils of Turkey. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64392-2_15

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