Soil development on moraines of Mendenhall Glacier, southeast Alaska. 1. The moraines and soil morphology

Geoderma

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-17

  Alexander, E B ^a   Burt, R ^b  

^a USDA NRCS ^*  (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOLIZATION; SOIL DEVELOPMENT;

USA, ALASKA, MENDENHALL GLACIER;

EID: 0030176717     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(96)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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