Paleogene paleosols of Big Bend National Park, Texas

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 369, Issue , 2003, Pages 537-550

  White, Paul D ^a   Schiebout, Judith A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FELDSPAR; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MAMMALS;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; GILGAI MICRORELIEF; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARIES; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; REDOXIMORPHIC FEATURES; WEATHERING PROFILES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUTHIGENESIS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLAY MINERAL; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871412212     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2369-8.537     Document Type: Article

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