Long-term biogenic soil mixing and transport in a hilly, loess-mantled landscape: Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-178

  Walther, S C ^a   Roering, J J ^a   Almond, P C ^b   Hughes, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Hillslope; Mixing; Sediment transport; Soil; Tephra

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOTURBATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHUMATION; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOESS; MANTLE; ROOT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEPHRA; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHY; TURNOVER;

BLUE MOUNTAINS [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAZAMA;

EID: 69949180719     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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