The vesicular layer and carbonate collars of desert soils and pavements: formation, age and relation to climate change

Geomorphology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 101-145

  McFadden, Leslie D ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^b   Wells, Stephen G ^b   Anderson, Kirk ^c   Quade, Jay ^d   Forman, Steven L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT SOIL; EOLIAN DUST; PEDOGENESIS; STONE PAVEMENT;

EID: 0031726976     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00095-0     Document Type: Article

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