Morphology and distribution of fossil soils in the Permo-Pennsylvanian Wichita and Bowie Groups, north-central Texas, USA: Implications for western equatorial Pangean palaeoclimate during icehouse-greenhouse transition

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 851-884

  Tabor, Neil John ^a   Montanez, Isabel P ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Late Palaeozoic palaeoclimate; Palaeosols; Permo Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543118907     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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