Evolution of soils on quaternary reef terraces of Barbados, West Indies

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-78

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DATING METHOD; QUATERNARY; REEF; SOIL PROPERTY; TERRACE;

(WEST); BARBADOS;

EID: 0035413208     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2237     Document Type: Article

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