Morphology and stable and radiogenic isotope composition of pedogenic carbonates in late quaternary relict soils, New Mexico, U.S.A.: An integrated record of pedogenic overprinting

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 809-822

  Deutz, Pauline ^a   Montanez, Isabel P ^b   Monger, H Curtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT;

CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; MORPHOLOGY; SOILS;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; FUNCTION OF TIME; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RECORD; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; RIO GRANDE RIFT; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBONATES;

EID: 0011810816     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/040102720809     Document Type: Article

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