Polygenetic history of paleosols in middle-upper pennsylvanian cyclothems of the Illinois basin, U.S.A.: Part II. Integrating geomorphology, climate, and glacioeustasy

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 637-668

  Rosenau, Nicholas A ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^a   Elrick, Scott D ^b   Nelson, W John ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; GROUNDWATER; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; KAOLINITE; MORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

COAL-BEARING STRATUM; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; GROUNDWATER FLUCTUATION; PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SOILS;

CYCLOTHEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOEUSTACY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOSOL; PENNSYLVANIAN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIDERITE; SOIL PROFILE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881157108     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.51     Document Type: Article

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