Late quaternary, redeposited loess-soil developmental sequences, South Yemen

Geoderma

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-36

  Nettleton, W D ^a   Chadwick, O A ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); SOIL DEVELOPMENT;

YEMEN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0030455217     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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