Evaluating trace elements as paleoclimate indicators: Multivariate statistical analysis of late mississippian pennington formation paleosols, Kentucky, U.S.A

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-268

  Kahmann, Julia A ^a   Seaman III, John ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MISSISSIPPIAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149118194     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587883     Document Type: Article

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