Relict cryopedogenic features in soils with secondary carbonate horizons, western Wyoming, USA

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-299

  Dillon, Jeremy S ^a   Sorenson, Curtis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcic soils; Involutions; Permafrost; Relict cryopedogenic; Relict sand wedge; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRYOTURBATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RIVER TERRACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 34548686574     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.592     Document Type: Article

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