Micromorphology and development of loess-derived surface and buried soils along a precipitation gradient in Northern Iran

Quaternary International

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 109-123

  Khormali, Farhad ^a   Kehl, Martin ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; INTERGLACIAL; INTERSTADIAL; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RAINFALL; SOIL HORIZON; WEATHERING;

ELBURZ; GOLESTAN; IRAN;

EID: 79951944381     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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