Weathering and clay mineral formation in two holocene soils and in buried paleosols in Tadjikistan: Towards a quaternary paleoclimatic record in Central Asia

Catena

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-34

  Bronger, A ^a   Winter, R ^a   Sedov, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clay illuviation; Clay mineral formation; Loess; Micromorphology; Mineral weathering; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; WEATHERING;

TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 0032442483     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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