Evidence for the silicate source of relict soils on the Edwards Plateau, central Texas

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-285

  Cooke, M Jennifer ^a   Stern, Libby A ^a,b   Banner, Jay L ^a   Mack, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Del Rio Clay; Edwards Plateau; Limestone; Neodymium; Relict; Soil; Texas

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SILICATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846925671     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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