Modern, Sangamon and Yarmouth soil development in loess of unglaciated southwestern Illinois

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 225-244

  Grimley, David A ^a   Follmer, Leon R ^a   Hughes, Randall E ^a   Solheid, Peter A ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; WEATHERING;

INTERGLACIAL SOILS;

SOILS;

LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037319385     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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