Loess stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippi Valley

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 167-183

  Rutledge, E M ^a   Guccione, M J ^a   Markewich, H W ^b   Wysocki, D A ^c   Ward, L B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SOILS; WEATHERING; WIND EFFECTS;

EOLIAN DEPOSITION; LOESSES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ILLINOIAN; LOESS; LOESS STRATIGRAPHY; PEDOGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; WISCONSINAN;

USA, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (LOWER);

EID: 0030405830     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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