Phosphatic Features

Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 521-541

  Karkanas, Panagiotis ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^b  

^a Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867345238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53156-8.00023-4     Document Type: Chapter

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