Comparisons and interpretations of charcoal and organic matter radiocarbon ages from buried soils in North Central Colorado,USA

Radiocarbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-346

  Mayer, James H ^a   Burr, George S ^b   Holliday, Vance T ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; HUMIC ACID; LAND SURFACE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; MIDDLE PARK; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450230715     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200053479     Document Type: Article

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