Origins and implications of soil layering

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 144-155

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a   Lorz, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

geoarchaeology; horizonation; layering; pedogenesis; regolith; soils; surficial deposits

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPOSITION; LAYERED MEDIUM; MODELING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; SAXONY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48549096885     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.04.003     Document Type: Review

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