Soil weathering and accumulation rates of oxalate-extractable phases derived from alpine chronosequences of up to 1Ma in age

Geomorphology

Volumn 151-152, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-113

  Dahms, Dennis ^a   Favilli, Filippo ^b   Krebs, Rolf ^c   Egli, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Chronosequence; Pedogenic gradient; Soils; Weathering; Wind River Range

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGE DETERMINATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; OXALATE; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; WEATHERING RATE;

ALPS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER RANGE; WYOMING;

EID: 84858343120     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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