Development of potential acid sulfate paleosols in Paleocene floodplains, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, Usa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 203-224

  Kraus, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Floodplains; Hydromorphic soils; Jarosite; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; FLOODPLAIN; MINERALOGY; PALEOSOL; REDOX POTENTIAL; SULFATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032533137     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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