Characteristics, evolution and distribution of Quaternary channel calcretes, southern Jordan

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1487-1507

  McLaren, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel calcrete; Groundwater; Jordan; Non pedogenic calcrete; Phreatic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CEMENTS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS;

CALCRETE DEPOSITS; MICRITES; MICROMORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNELS;

DEPOSITS;

CALCRETE; CEMENTATION; CONGLOMERATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCHANNEL; PHREATIC ZONE; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 10944273296     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1135     Document Type: Article

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