Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in Quaternary soil carbonates as indicators of ecogeomorphic changes in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, USA

Geoderma

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 137-172

  Monger, H C ^a   Cole, D R ^b   Gish, J W ^c   Giordano, T H ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Quaternary Palynology Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Pedogenic carbonates; Soils; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CARBON; OXYGEN; POLLEN; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; USA, TEXAS, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0031894986     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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