Pedostratigraphy and carbonate accumulation in the last interglacial pedocomplex of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1094-1101

  Feng, Z D ^a,b   Wang, H B ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE CONCENTRATIONS; INTERGLACIAL PEDOCOMPLEX; PALEOSOL; PEDOSTRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; PEDOGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 22844440174     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0078     Document Type: Article

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