Towards understanding paleosols in Southern Levantine eolianites: Integration of micromorphology, environmental magnetism and mineralogy

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-124

  Tsatskin, Alexander ^a   Gendler, Tatyana S ^b   Heller, Friedrich ^c   Dekman, Igal ^d   Frey, Gitti L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coastal sand; Loess deposition; Magnetic enhancement; Microfabric hierarchy; M ssbauer effect; Paramagnetic phyllosilicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649121590     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-009-1027-1     Document Type: Article

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