Origin of the whewellite-rich rock crust in the Lower Pecos region of southwest Texas and its significance to paleoclimate reconstructions

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Russ, Jon ^a   Palma, Russell L ^b   Loyd, David H ^c   Boutton, Thomas W ^d   Coy, Michael A ^d  

^a NEWBERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; LICHEN; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; ROCK CRUST; WHEWELLITE;

USA, TEXAS, LOWER PECOS;

EID: 0030428984     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0041     Document Type: Article

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