The importance of both geological and pedological processes in control of grain size and sedimentation rates in Peoria Loess

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 388-400

  Wang, Hong ^a   Mason, Joseph A ^b   Balsam, William L ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse reflectance variability; Geological and pedological interaction in Peoria Loess; Grain size distribution; Paleoclimate change; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ICE; SEDIMENTATION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE VARIABILITY; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE; PEDOLOGICAL INTERACTION; PEORIA LOESS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

SOILS;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; LAST GLACIATION; LOESS; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL HORIZON; WISCONSINAN;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; PEORIA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

PEORIA;

EID: 33750959453     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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