Silt: 2-62 μm, 9-4φ

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 61-88

  Assallay, A M ^a   Rogers, C D F ^b   Smalley, I J ^a,c   Jefferson, I F ^c  

^a Alfalen University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian impacts; Agricultural soils; Desert loess; Glacial grinding; Loess; Mode sizes; Particle shape; Quartz silt; Silt; Structure collapse; Tropical weathering

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LOESS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SILT; SOIL; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032455830     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(98)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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