Soil relative dating of moraine and outwash-terrace sequences in the northern part of the upper Arkansas Valley, Central Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-361

  Nelson, Alan R ^a   Shroba, Ralph R ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; MORAINE; PEDOGENESIS;

ARKANSAS VALLEY; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032435192     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552007     Document Type: Article

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