Clay coatings from a modern soil chronosequence: A tool for estimating the relative age of well-drained paleosols

Geoderma

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 181-200

  Ufnar, David F ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Clay coatings; Paleosols; Terraces; Ultisols

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CLAY; LUMINESCENCE;

CLAY COATINGS; GEOMORPHIC SURFACES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); PALEOSOLS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLAY; CRETACEOUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PALEOSOL; SOIL PROFILE; TERRACE;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548446390     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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