Alluvial sediment or playas: What is the dominant source of sand and silt in desert soil vesicular A horizons, southwest USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 257-275

  Sweeney, Mark R ^a   McDonald, Eric V ^b   Markley, Christopher E ^c  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; DESERT SOIL; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLAYA; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL HORIZON;

MOJAVE DESERT; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877638879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20030     Document Type: Article

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