Chapter 5 Calcretes

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 2010, Pages 225-267

  Alonso Zarza, A M ^a   Wright, V P ^b  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcrete; climate; groundwater; palaeoenvironments; pedogenic; vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049101173     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(09)06105-6     Document Type: Review

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