What is it about volcanic soils that makes them so fertile?

MadSci Network: Agricultural Sciences

Subject: What is it about volcanic soils that makes them so fertile?

Date: Tue Feb 29 15:06:38 2000
Posted by Brendan Mahoney
Grade level: 10-12 School: Deptford Green School
City: London State/Province: London Country: UK
Area of science: Agricultural Sciences
ID: 951858398.Ag

Message:


ie what do they contain in nutrient/ other terms and where do 
the 'ingredients' come from?  And how do these soils become fertile 
(assuming that they are not so from the beginning)?

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