Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes

Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-9

  Nash, David J ^a   McLaren, Sue J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical sediments; Control slope development; Geochemical sediments; Global terrestrial environments; Residual deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886196000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712917.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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