Application of a soil-water balance model to evaluate the influence of holocene climate change on calcic soils, Mojave Desert, California, U.S.A.

Geoderma

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 167-192

  McDonald, Eric V ^a,c   Pierson, Frederick B ^b   Flerchinger, Gerald N ^b   McFadden, Leslie D ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

calcareous soils; climate effects; deserts; Holocene; soils; water balance

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; HOLOCENE; WATER BALANCE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MOJAVE DESERT;

EID: 0030301435     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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