Rôle des héritages latéritiques et du niveau des nappes dans lʹévolution des modelés et des sols en zone intertropicale forestière humide

Analysis of landscapes and soil covers from the outer to the inner part of a 75   km × 60   km watershed in the South-Cameroon rainforest zone, characterized by important remnants of inherited ferricretes and stable hydrostatic base levels, indicates that the development of present landforms has not involved significant erosion by slope retreat because of the relative preservation of downslope residual ferricrete and that soil covers have vertically decayed under in situ geochemical process. To cite this article: D. Bitom et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).