Late Eocene detrital laterites in central Oregon: Mass balance geochemistry, depositional setting, and landscape evolution

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-302

  Bestland, Erick A ^a   Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Rice, Andrea E ^a   Mindszenty, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITION; DETERIORATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EROSION; FELDSPAR; HEMATITE; IRON; KAOLINITE; ROCKS; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC CHANGES; DEGREE OF WEATHERINGS; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DEVELOPMENTAL MODELS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS; VERTICAL ACCRETION; CEMENTED SOIL; MASS BALANCE; SOIL FORMATIONS;

SOILS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BADLANDS; BRECCIA; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CLAYSTONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATERITE; LAVA FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL EROSION; VOLCANISM; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; ULTISOL;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029752953     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0285:LEDLIC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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