Preservation of a paleo-vertisol and an estimate of Late Mississippian paleoprecipitation

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-70

  Caudill, Michael R ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISSISSIPPIAN; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOSOL; PRECIPITATION; SEASONALITY; VERTISOL;

USA, TENNESSEE;

EID: 0029752447     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42682B1-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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