Influence of changing hydrology on pedogenic calcite precipitation in vertisols dance bayou, Brazoria County, Texas, U.S.A.: Implications for estimating paleoatmospheric PCo2

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 394-400

  Mintz, Jason S ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a   Breecker, Daniel O ^b   Ludvigson, Greg A ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LUMINESCENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PCO2; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CO2 CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT PHASIS; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; SATURATION STATE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

SOILS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VERTISOL;

BRAZORIA COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055058519     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.36     Document Type: Article

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