Hornblende etching and quartz/feldspar ratios as weathering and soil development indicators in some Michigan soils

Quaternary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-171

  Mikesell, Leslie R ^a   Schaetzl, Randall J ^a   Velbel, Michael A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hornblende; Quartz feldspar ratios; Relative age dating; Soil development; Spodosols; Surface exposure dating

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FELDSPAR; HORNBLENDE; PEDOGENESIS; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY; WEATHERING;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744344745     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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