Significance of different modes of rhizolith preservation to interpreting paleoenvironmental and paleohydrologic settings: Examples from paleogene paleosols, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 633-646

  Kraus, Mary J ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; COLOR; GROUNDWATER; HEMATITE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PYRITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS;

BIGHORN BASINS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DEPLETION ZONES; DRAINAGE CONDITION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; TUBULAR CONCRETIONS;

DRAINAGE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOSOL; PRESERVATION; RHIZOLITH; SOIL MOISTURE;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33646452802     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.052     Document Type: Article

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