Calcic pedocomplexes - Regional sequence boundary indicators in Tertiary deposits of the Great Plains and western United States

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 416, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-15

  Hanneman, Debra L ^a   Wideman, Charles J ^b  

^a Whitehall Geogroup Inc   (United States)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcic; Paleosol; Pedocomplex; Sequence; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

CALCIC; PALEOSOL; PEDOCOMPLEX; SEQUENCE; TERTIARY;

CARBONATION;

CARBONATE; MORPHOLOGY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL PROFILE; TERTIARY; UNCONFORMITY;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949111318     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2416(01)     Document Type: Article

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