Paleopedology and geochemistry of Late Mississippian (Chesterian) Pennington Formation paleosols at Pound Gap, Kentucky, USA: Implications for high-frequency climate variations

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-381

  Kahmann, Julia A ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Late Mississippian; Paleo ITCZ; Paleoclimatology; Paleosols; Pennington Formation

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL DRAINAGE;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; POUND GAP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649102126     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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