A comparison of mineralogical techniques and potassium adsorption isotherm analysis for relative dating and correlation of Late Quaternary soil chronosequences

Geoderma

Volumn 179-180, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-95

  Howard, Jeffrey L ^a   Clawson, Craig R ^a   Daniels, W Lee ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfisol; Glacial geomorphology; Michigan; Potassium sorption; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; ALFISOLS; BEACH RIDGE; CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCES; CLAY CONTENT; DETROIT; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL TERRACES; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEAVY MINERALS; HOLOCENES; INCEPTISOLS; K DISTRIBUTION; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE QUATERNARY; LINEAR CORRELATION; MICHIGAN; PALEO CHANNEL; PALEOSHORELINES; POTASSIUM ADSORPTION; PROGLACIAL LAKES; QUATERNARY; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL MORPHOLOGY; SPECIFIC ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE MINERALS; LEACHING; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POTASSIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; WEATHERING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ALFISOL; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISOTHERM; PALEOCHANNEL; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL HORIZON; SORPTION;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858329369     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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