Soil development on late pleistocene moraines at pine creek, east-central sierra nevada, california

Physical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-28

  Bach, Andrew J ^a   Elliott Fisk, Deborah L ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; MORAINE; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA, PINE CREEK;

EID: 0030316734     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1996.10642571     Document Type: Article

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