Soil development along an elevational gradient in the southeastern Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA

Catena

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-185

  Bockheim, J G ^a   Munroe, J S ^a   Douglass, D ^a   Koerner, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Ashley National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Calcium ion; Pedogenesis; Silt; Subalpine environment

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; PEDOGENESIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033995975     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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