Soil formation rates determined from Uranium-series isotope disequilibria in soil profiles from the southeastern Australian highlands

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 379, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-37

  Suresh, P O ^a   Dosseto, A ^b   Hesse, P P ^a   Handley, H K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variables; Landscape evolution; Soil production; Uranium series isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANURA;

EID: 84882933764     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.004     Document Type: Note

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