Chemical and particle-size evidence for addition of fine dust to soils of the midwestern United States

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1135-1138

  Mason, Joseph A ^a   Jacobs, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; ELEMENTAL MASS; FINE DUSTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOESS DEPOSITION; POSITIVE MASS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; WEATHERING PROCESS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DEPOSITION; DUST; LOESS; SOIL; WISCONSINAN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874984361     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1135:CAPSEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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