Mineralogy and morphological properties of buried polygenetic paleosols formed in late quaternary sediments on upland landscapes of the central plains, USA

Geoderma

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 508-517

  Presley, DeAnn Ricks ^a   Hartley, Paul E ^a   Ransom, M D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Plains; Great Plains; Landscapes; Loess; Mineralogy; Paleosols; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLAINS; CLAY COATING; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY MINERALOGY; FIELD DESCRIPTION; HILLSLOPE SOIL; HILLSLOPES; IN-FIELD; LAND RESOURCES; LATE QUATERNARY; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PARENT MATERIALS; PERMIAN SHALES; SMECTITES; SOIL TEXTURES; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; UPLAND SOIL;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WELDING;

LANDFORMS;

ECOMORPHOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIMESTONE; LOESS; MINERALOGY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PERMIAN; QUATERNARY; SHALE; UPLAND REGION;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249108560     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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