Paleosols in the Cretaceous Goshoura and Mifune groups, SW Japan and their paleoclimate implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 265-282

  Lee, Yong Woo ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^a   Hisada, Ken Ichiro ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Goshoura; Mifune; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Soil forming factor

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

ALBIA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0142063577     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00511-X     Document Type: Article

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