Introduction: Overview of concepts, definitions, and principles of soil mound studies

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 490, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-19

  Johnson, Donald L ^a,b   Burnham, Jennifer L Horwath ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Geosciences Consultants   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876808076     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2490(00)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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