Depth to gypsic horizon as a proxy for paleoprecipitation in paleosols of sedimentary environments

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-406

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Huang, Chengmin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA DESERT , CHILE; DESERT SOILS; GYPSIC SOIL; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MIOCENE; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SOLUBLE SALTS; STANDARD ERRORS;

ARID REGIONS; BARITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; GYPSUM; LANDFORMS;

SOILS;

CALCITE; DESERT SOIL; GYPSUM; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953940296     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30514.1     Document Type: Article

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