Depth to pedogenic carbonate horizon as a paleoprecipitation indicator?

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1123-1126

  Royer, Dana L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; TEXTURES;

DATA SET; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PARENT MATERIALS; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL TEXTURES;

CARBONATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0033494796     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1123:DTPCHA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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