Soil development at snail's pace: Evidence from a 6 Ma soil chronosequence on basalt in north Queensland, Australia

Geoderma

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-128

  Pillans, Brad ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basalt; Chronosequence; Palaeomagnetism; Pedogenesis; Queensland

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHRONOSEQUENCE; PEDOGENESIS;

AUSTRALIS, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0031435179     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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