Short-term, post-burial change in a humic rendzina soil, overton down experimental earthwork, Wiltshire, England

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-117

  Crowther, J ^a   Macphail, R I ^b   Cruise, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTHWORKS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAINTENANCE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PRESERVATION; RENDZINA; SOIL HORIZON;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WILTSHIRE;

EID: 0012768357     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199603)11:2<95::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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