Red mediterranean soils in jordan: New insights in their origin, genesis, and role as environmental archives

Catena

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-24

  Lucke, Bernhard ^a   Kemnitz, Helga ^b   Bäumler, Rupert ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Isovolumetric replacement; Paleosol; Red Mediterranean Soil; Residue; Terra Rossa

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BASALT; BEDROCK; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LIMESTONE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; PALEOSOL; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SILTY CLAY;

JORDAN;

EID: 84884411983     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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