The Experimental Earthwork at Wareham, Dorset after 33 years: Changes to the buried LFH and Ah horizons

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-93

  Macphail, Richard I ^a   Crowther, John ^b   Acott, Tim G ^c   Bell, Martin G ^d   Cruise, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried soils; Chemistry; Experimental earthworks; Image analysis; Podzols; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORKS; LEACHING; PODZOL; PODZOLIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND (DORSET); UNITED KINGDOM; WAREHAM;

EID: 0037245628     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2002.0823     Document Type: Article

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