The Goodlett-Denny mound: A glimpse at 45 years of Pennsylvania treethrow mound evolution with implications for mass wasting

Geomorphology

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 305-313

  Small, Thomas W ^a  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microtopography; Pedoturbation; Soil geomorphology; Treethrow mound

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MASS WASTING; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEDOTURBATION; TREETHROW MOUND;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, POTTER COUNTY;

EID: 0030794616     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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