The Hekpoort paleosol profile in strata 1 at Gaborone, Botswana: Soil formation during the great oxidation event

American Journal of Science

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-220

  Yang, Wenbo ^a   Holland, Heinrich D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; OXIDATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SOIL PROFILE;

BOTSWANA; GABORONE;

EID: 0037797392     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.303.3.187     Document Type: Article

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