Characterization of the pre-AD 79 Roman paleosol south of Pompeii (Italy): Correlation between soil parameter values and paleo-topography

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 548-558

  Vogel, Sebastian ^a,c   Märker, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AD 79; Paleo topography; Paleosol; Pompeii; Sarno River plain; Somma Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AD 79; PALEO TOPOGRAPHY; PALEOSOL; POMPEII; SARNO RIVERS; SOMMA-VESUVIUS;

SOILS;

CORRELATION; FLOODPLAIN; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOSOL; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; SILICON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SULFATE; WATER TABLE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; POMPEI; SARNO BASIN; VESUVIUS;

ALOX; PLINIA;

EID: 78650747257     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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