Pedogenic calcite as evidence for an early Holocene dry period in the San Francisco Bay area, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 906-918

  Borchardt, Glenn ^a,b   Lienkaemper, James J ^c  

^a Soil Tectonics   (United States)

^b California Dept of Conservation   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CHARCOAL; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATIC PERIODS; DRY PERIODS; EARLY HOLOCENE; LATERAL MOVEMENT; SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA , CALIFORNIA; SOIL PROFILES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CALCITE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; RAINFALL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032876453     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0906:PCAEFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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