Paleogene paleosols and changes in pedogenesis during the initial Eocene thermal maximum: Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1347-1361

  White, Paul D ^a   Schiebout, Judith ^b  

^a Department of Physics and Engineering   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Initial Eocene thermal maximum; Kaolinite; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; CARBONIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERALOGY; ELEVATED CO; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; INITIAL EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PALEOGENE; PALEOSOLS; PAPER TESTS; SMECTITES; TEXAS , USA; THERMAL MAXIMA; WEATHERING CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EROSION; FEEDBACK; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; EOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SILICATE MINERAL;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949170158     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25987.1     Document Type: Article

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