Groundwater-fed wetland sediments and paleosols: It's all about water table

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-61

  Ashley, Gail M ^a   Deocampo, Daniel M ^b   Kahmann Robinson, Julia ^c   Driese, Steven G ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydric soils; Micromorphology; Paleosol; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936952540     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.104.03     Document Type: Article

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