Deciphering complex soil/site formation in sands

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 484-496

  Johnson, D L ^a,b   Johnson, D N ^b   Benn, D W ^c   Bettis III, E A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Geosciences Consultants   (United States)

^c Bear Creek Archeology Inc Cresco   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofabric; Biomantle; Bioturbation; Dynamic denudation; Illuvial clay lamellae; Process vector analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BIOTURBATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; DENUDATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; MASS WASTING; PEDOGENESIS; PEDON; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

DES MOINES; INDIAN CREEK; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049109762     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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