Variability of carbonate pedofeatures in a loess-paleosol sequence and their use for paleoreconstructions

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Kovda, I ^a   Sycheva, S ^a   Lebedeva, M ^b   Inozemtzev, S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Soil Science   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Loess paleosol pedocomplex; Macr and microforms; Pedogenic carbonates

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649147972     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-009-1032-4     Document Type: Article

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