PaleoVertisols of the northwest Caucasus: (Micro)morphological, physical, chemical, and isotopic constraints on early to late Pleistocene climate

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-508

  Kovda, Irina ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^b   Wilding, Larry P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Micromorphology; Russia; Stable isotopes; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949133301     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200700037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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