Micromorphological indications on the nature of the Late Quaternary Paleosols in the southern coastal plain of Israel

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Volumn 35, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 219-237

  Wieder, Moshe ^a   Gvirtzman, Gdaliahu ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcareous layers; Paleosols; Pedogenic approach

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033058331     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(98)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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